ITunes erases iPod 2G and will not see it

I have iTunes 7 (most recent updates). I have the most recent updates of Tiger. I just recently updated my 2G iPod with the most recent software.
If I have iTunes open and I plug in the iPod (via FW), iTunes will not recognize the iPod. If I close iTunes and plug in the iPod, iTunes will open automatically and recognize the iPod, or iTunes will hang and I will have to force quit it.
If I have music on the iPod, and I have it set to manually organize, it will erase my music. Sometimes when I plug in the iPod, iTunes will pop up a wizard that want me to name the iPod and asks if I want to have it sync automatically. This usually means that iTunes happily just erase my iPod.
What is going on? Is Apple trying to tell me to get a new iPod?

He means 2G like Second Generation (Scroll-wheel) iPod, not the 2 GigaByte Nano. Yah, confusing.
I'd have to agree with Colin, however - if iTunes works, it maybe an iPod thing. If nothing else, try trashing iTunes and iPod preferences file. (~/Library/Prefernces/com.apple.iTunes.plst & com.apple.iPod.plst). That's the library in your user folder. Note that there's an iPod Pref file in the "Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/" folder too. Find those files, and move them to the trash. Open iTunes, connect iPod, and make sure everything works - iTunes will regenerate the preferences files, although you'll have to re-adjust the preferences yourself in iTunes.
-Dan

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