My nano won't turn off..

I've read all the posts and tried all the tricks listed so far and found 0 help. My nano decided it will forever live in the menu stage. I've tried all the troubleshooting ideas and, well, here I am.
Any suggestions?

I too have the same problem... However, I can expand with some observations and some steps that I attempted to take to cure the problem.
After plugging the Nano into my PC to charge it, I noticed that after it was plugged in for about 5 mins, that it looked as if I was plugging the nano in and unplugging it repeatativly. The menu would change from the "Do not disconnect" screen to the normal menu. I attempted to eject the unit, unplug it and remount it but the same thing would happen. This "cycling" was also evident on the PC screen with the USB eject menu cycling too.
Now, here is the really interesting this...
The Nano screen started to display this whenever plugging it into the PC:
"FireWire connections aree not supported. To transfer songs, connect the USB cable provided" Press Center to Dismiss"
The Nano is plugged in the the USB cable and the cable is plugged into a USB 2.0 connector on the computer. I have been using this Nano for over a month since I got it with this configuration...
Finally, I decided to remove the Nano from the USB cable and attempted to Reset it. This appeared to have made no difference excpet that now when I plug the Nano into the USB cable, I now get the charging icon on the display and the screen will change to a charging screen after the display timeout occurs.
The PC does not recognize the Nano at all so I cannot restore it. I have tried installing the software on another computer but have the same problems...
And, for those of you who might think that the USB cable is bad, think again... I borrowed one from a friend of mine and have the same problem...
I really could use anyones help here...
Thanks...

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Hi @ all!
My problem:
While connected to my Computer and also connected to iTunes, my iPod nano doesn't turn off its light as the 2nd gen nano did. It just stays lit on, saying 'Connected' and the 'disconnect from iTunes first' stuff as it should (i hope it should ^^)
Is that normal?
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Hello Marcel,
And welcome to Apple Discussions by the way,
Why isn't there a button for ''this doesn't help me at all''?
Because that would be rude.
Because this wasn't very helpfull since i've read all the help and support stuff from the apple website.
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