IPod touch does not sync or charge with specific Mac

Hello,
I've been having trouble connecting my iPod touch to an iMac4,1 1.83GHz Core Duo running Mac OS X 10.6.
The Mac in question will happily sync with an older iPod nano (back when the screens were black and white), but not my iPod touch which is the latest gen 32gb.
The iPod touch is able to sync with other iMacs at my uni, as well as the PC I have at home.
I have taken the following steps to alleviate the problem but nothing has helped:
a) re-installed itunes
b) re-installed apple mobile device
c) checked for any updates.
Finally, if I start the iPod touch in recovery mode the iMac will detect it and attempt to restore it, but will fail with an error 1611.
Any help will be very appreciated.

Welcome to the discussions,
See this article about error 1611, Specific error codes and resolutions: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
Error 23, 28, 29, 1011, 1012, 1611: These errors may indicate a hardware issue with your device. Follow the steps in this article and also attempt to restore while connected to a known-good computer and network to isolate this issue to the device. If the IMEI or MAC address is missing or is a default value, this can also confirm a hardware issue.
copied from the article mentioned above.

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