Nano intermittently not showing up in iTunes with 12:00 AM Time in Title

After I updated my 2GB Nano with Updater 2006-01-10 from my eMac running MacOS 10.3.9 and iTunes 6.0.2 using USB, it ran for a while, but then it got hung and I had to restore it. Since then, it is intermittently not showing up in iTunes or on the desktop when I plug it in, even though the iPod shows the do not disconnect message. I have enabled the "Time in Title" setting to display the time in the title bar and when the iPod does not appear on the desktop, the time displayed is 12:00 AM. The iPod is not in disk mode.
Does anyone else see this problem?
eMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) iPod Nano 2GB Version 1.1

From iPod doesn't appear in iTunes or on the Mac desktop:
"Your iPod has a faulty port
Make sure that nothing is in or blocking the Dock Connector or FireWire port on your iPod.
Check the connection to make sure the Dock Connector or FireWire cable is completely plugged in."
Since the Nano is USB-only, I am not sure that this applies, but there was a piece of fuzz in the Nano's port for the USB cable. It has been removed. Now I will wait and see if the intermittent problem with the Nano not appearing in iTunes goes away.
eMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) iPod Nano 2GB Version 1.1

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Hi there Ireneclover,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
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A tip for when your 3Gen Nano does not show up in iTunes:

This was happening to me, running 10.4.10 on both my old G3 iMac and my iBook, both with iTunes 7.5. I could not figure it out. Turns out, probably like many people, we have about 7 iPod cables lying around the house. I had picked a Firewire cable... everything was back to normal when I used the USB cable! (Although on the iMac it says synching will be slow because it's USB 1, the iBook with USB 2 is faster). Phew!

Cable works fine on my other iPod. Reset by pressing menu and center button together for 6-10 seconds. Left it to charge for many hours. Started acting up while running. Suddenly the music stopped playing but my Nike + was still working for the rest of my run. Took it straight it home and plugged it in to the wall to recharge since the battery was fairly low. Looked like it recharged ok but then screen went blank and now does it not show up on iTunes, does not seem to recharge by the wall charger (apple wall charger plugged into a surge protector in India). I have turned the hold switch off and on many times.
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Solution - Eliminated extra drive assignments. I had used all the drive letter assignments from E: up to T: and had to remove the E: assignment so the Nano could use it.
More info - The first time I plugged the Nano in it worked great. I loaded music onto it that I had previously stored and was able to listen and play it.
So I decided to add more music from my CD collection.
I removed the 3.5" floppy drive from the laptop and inserted the CD reader.
!! That was the critical change because now the CD reader became D: drive which the Ipod had been using previously (I'm assuming, I never actually checked until it wouldn't work).
After that I spent days trying to figure out why the Nano would no longer show up in ITunes. See details below:
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1st Use:
Windows XP 2002 SP1
Had Itunes already on PC
Charged Nano for a few hours until battery indicated full charge
Plugged in 1st time, loaded Nano with tunes, no issues.
Played music for awhile
2nd Use:
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Added more music from CD's
Plugged in Nano
ITunes opens up automatically
Nano not shown in ITunes
Nano not shown on My Computer
Checked USB H/W configuration - shows IPOD connected
Nano is charging, indicates "Do Not Disconnect"
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Shut down, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Swapped USB Ports, no change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Reset Nano
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Remove Itunes
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM,
Connect Nano when prompted by installation program but apparently doesn't recognize Nano is connected
Installation gets stuck (45+ min) trying to "Format" Nano (Nano doesn't respond)
Skip to next part of installation
Shutdown, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Disconnect Nano
Remove Itunes
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM
Installation gets stuck again trying to "Format" Nano (Nano doesn't respond)
Skip to next part of installation
Set USB Drivers configuration to not disable power to USB port
Shutdown, Restart PC
Reconnect Nano
No change - no Nano
Shutdown, Restart PC
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Shutdown, Restart PC
Reload Itunes from CD-ROM
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ITunes opens up automatically
Nano still not shown in ITunes
Nano still not shown in My Computer
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Unplug Nano
Swapped CD ROM with 3.5" Floppy drive
Reboot PC
Connect Nano
Battery is already fully charged
Noticed little timer thingy in upper left of Nano spinning around, probably always did it but this is first time I noticed it.
ITunes Opens
Nano still not shown in ITunes
Nano still not shown in My Computer
Nano shows up as USB Mass Storage Device under Safely Remove Hardware
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Glad you figured it out, but wow does that all make me glad I have a Mac!

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