ITunes freezes upon connecting 3rd gen Shuffle

Hello,
Had my Shuffle for about 18 months and has worked fine but recently when I tried plugging it into my laptop to charge it, iTunes just freezes. Upon removing the Shuffle it begins working again and just says that it isn't possible to sync to the shuffle at this time. If I leave it in to charge despite this problem, it usually goes to a bluescreen after around 10 minutes.
Tried reinstalling iTunes and and have also reset my laptop to factory settings (unrelated reason but thought it might help anyway).
Any help would be appreciated as I'm getting really sick of the same songs.
Thanks

never mind, problem solved

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