IPod Syncs Upon Connecting to USB - but not After

Hi, I believe this issue is related to my itunes, and not to my nano, for no other reason that the same problem has happened with both my iPod Nano Video; and the brand new Nano 4th gen (or whatever Gen is brand new right now)
I plug iPod into USB - iPod syncs as usual - and becomes ready for disconnect as usual.
But, if I go to make any syncing changes to my ipod - or any changed to my ipod at all whatsoever - and then try to RE-Sync it - no dice.
The display on my nano does not change - it stays on the regular menus - as if it's not connected.
My iTunes video says "Syncing iPod. Do Not Disconnect." - but it's not. It hangs - and itunes freezes up. Eventually (after about 3 minutes) an error will finally pop up.
The error reads: iPod cannot be synced the required disc cannot be found
So - here are the steps I have taken to try and resolve this issue -
I have reset my iPod.
I have restored my iPod.
I have downloaded the latest version of iTunes.
I have re-installed iTunes.
I have changed the ipod settings in itunes so that it does not sync ipods upon initally connecting them. This merely allowed me to sync the ipod zero times instead of the initial 1 time.
What can I do, I'm ready to go crazy? Please tell me there is a solution for this.

I'm not sure if it will help either of you, but i've just spent the past 35 minutes on the phone to a helpful man at apple.
My particular problem was caused by the USB ports. I appear only to have USB 1.1 on the front two ports of my machine and USB 2.0 on the back two.
Newer iPods he said, required USB 2.0 to work. So if either of you are plugging them into the front of your machine, try the back ports for a change. You never know
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