Itunes won't recognize ipod nano 2nd gen

hi everyone,
I have a mac powerpc g4 and am running osx 10.3.2 and itunes 6.0.4. as far as I know, that's the latest itunes that will work with this os. I can plug in my own ipod (an old 40 gb) and everything's great. the problem is when my fiance plugs in hers -- she wants to load some of my mp3s onto her ipod. it shows up as an ipod on the desktop, but itunes doesn't recognize it. I tried the 5 R's already -- I even restored her ipod nano 2nd gen and made sure it was in mac format and had the latest software, which it now does. but it makes no difference. her own itunes/mac recognizes her ipod just fine; the problem is when we plug it into my mac. I suspect I need some different, updated driver that will explain to my mac that the thing that's being plugged in needs to be treated like an ipod. any ideas where I can find such a driver that would work with my os, or, failing that, any ideas as to anything else that would fix the problem? any help is much appreciated.
thanks,
John

My IPod Nano will charge when connected to my computer but it won't come up on My Computer or iTunes. So I can't update the songs. I've already tried reseting the iPod. Does anybody know what I can do to fix it.

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Nevermind. I uninstalled ITunes completely as well as the IPOD updater program (I think that's what it was basically called) that was installed on my system. I then rebooted, tested the Nano to make sure Windows recognized it, then tested it (successfully) with Winamp and the Winamp IPOD plugin. It was already working properly with Winamp and the IPOD plugin even when ITunes wasn't recognizing it so there was no change there. Once everything checked out I reinstalled the current version of ITunes and it FINALLY recognized the IPOD. It said there was a new software version available for the Nano so I went ahead and allowed it to download and install the update to 1.1. The update went smoothly and once the Nano restarted ITunes again recognized it. No clue what the problem was that created this error condition initially, but perhaps someone else will benefit from this information. I would have thought that reinstalling ITunes at least 3 times, including 2 version upgrades, would have resolved the problem, but it took removing ITunes and the IPOD software completely to resolve it.
I'm a longtime happy owner of an IPOD Mini and bought
a second Gen IPOD Nano a few months ago that works
great. I have two identical P4 Sony Vaios that I
back up/clone from one to the other every so often to
keep them as identical as possible. It's been some
months though since I've backed up/cloned my primary
laptop to the secondary, and the 2nd Gen Nano isn't
being recognized by ITunes on my primary laptop, only
my secondary laptop. However Windows recognizes the
Nano just fine on the primary laptop on all 3 USB 2.0
ports (I haven't tried my Mini recently), and I can
browse the file system of the Nano, but ITunes just
doesn't see it.
As I mentioned, my secondary laptop works just fine
with the Nano, both Windows XP AND ITunes recognizes
it and can update it, but I don't want to have to use
that computer JUST for updating my IPOD, and pretty
soon I need to back up my primary laptop to my
secondary. I've actually only been holding off on
that because I can't get my Nano to be recgonized by
ITunes with my primary laptop and don't want to screw
them both up. Cloning my secondary laptop to become
my primary isn't an option, the file system is many
months outdated, I need to get the Nano working with
ITunes on my primary laptop.
This is definitely a software/driver/service issue, I
can take the hard drive out of my secondary laptop,
put it in my primary, and ITunes will recognize the
Nano just fine. I can take the hard drive out of my
primary laptop, put it in my secondary, and ITunes
can't see the Ipod. I've upgraded ITunes twice on
the primary laptop in the last few months with no
improvement, so that hasn't helped.
I really don't know what else to do at this point, I
was under the impression that any drivers needed are
installed by ITunes, and as long as Windows
recognizes the device (which it does) everything
should be fine and ITunes should recognize it. I've
checked my services and there is only one IPOD
related service that I've found (it's actually called
"Ipod Service") and I've confirmed that service is
running and starts automatically. I presume that
service is needed and isn't a legacy from my IPOD
Mini and an old version of ITunes.
If, after digesting the above information, anyone has
any suggestions, please let me know. This has gotten
to be somewhat annoying.
Thanks
P4 Windows XP Pro
P4 Windows XP Pro

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Hey y'all!
First of all I would like to say that I searched this, and lots of other forums for the answer to my question, I've tried so many different things, been at it for a couple of hours, and NOTHING works!
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Sorry for my bad english

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itunes won't recognize my ipod nano 2nd gen anymore. it just charges it???

Refer to this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

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From the OP: "My old computer got a virus and when that happened all my music was lost. "
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When i connect my ipod nano 2nd gen, it charges but does not appear in windows or itunes. I tried the reset but it didn't work. how can i fix this?

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See
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- I would start with
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
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- New cable and different USB port
- Run this and see if the results help with determine the cause
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My computer running Windows 7 doesn't recognize my ipod nano 2nd gen. Also my ipod not seen in my itunes. I did all the reset stuff and nothing works. Do you think it is just shot???

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