Ipod syncing then disconects

We have just brought a Ipod nano and a Ipod 160gb classic and have found both ipods to decide all of a sudden that they no longer want to stay connected to the computer.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? Does anyone know how to fix this?
The ipod classic has been sent to apple for service because we were unaware of anything like this site available.
We synced the nano and the classic to one computer then plugged it into another laptop and it asked if we wanted to sync with the machine and said yes so it deleted all the previous songs and photos that were installed. Now I have been able to put new songs onto the nano but can not get the ipod to stay connected so that I can edit the songs in the library.
Even though the Ipod nano is connected to the computer for charging, itunes says its conected but all of the library is all greyed out and cant select any of the menus or songs.
We did try two computers with the classic and 3 different cables thinking that might be the problem but havent tried anything with the nano as yet.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Yartz

Do you have the nano set to manually sync or to autosync?
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touch 16g not showing up at all
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