Multiple good IPOD's show as corrupt in itunes, error 1439

I have multiple IPOD's that test out fine at the Apple store (i.e. they will sync promptly and undergo a successful restore on a windows based computer) but they show as "corrupt" in iTunes at home. When I use the restore function in iTunes I get an error message "unable to restore, unknown error 1439 (or sometimes 1437).
Prior to this these iPods would appear in My Computer but not in iTunes - I corrected this problem by uninstalling and re-installing iTunes and clearing out the temp directory.
Has anyone else fixed this problem? I found several references, but no solution.
Randy

Thanks for providing a good amount of detail. 
Enable disk use is a setting (checkbox) on the shuffle's Settings tab in iTunes.  It allows you to see the iPod's "disk" on the Desktop continously while it is connected, so that you can copy files to it using Finder (like it was a USB flash drive).  The light blinks as a warning to eject before disconnecting, because the iPod's disk is mounted.  If that checkbox is NOT checked, iTunes only mounts the iPod's disk when syncing, so the light does not blink most of the time (and you can disconnect it without ejecting).
Although you have confirmed that the USB port on the external drive (Is it an OWC miniStack?), which is the same as a powered USB hub, works with another iPod, you may want to disconnect something from a direct USB port temporarily.  Connect the shuffles docking cable there, to confirm it's not the port causing the problem.
If you connect it and run Disk Utility instead of iTunes, does it appear in the Disk Utility sidebar?
Since this is a 2nd gen shuffle, and you use a Mac, you can try using the iPod Reset Utility
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1238

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