New Generation 2 IPod Touch not recognized by Itunes

I have tried just about everything including the suggestions at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2050 and am getting desperate. I have a brand new IPod. The latest version of ITunes recognizes it sometimes but not most of the time. It just doesn't appear in the ITunes window. I have deleted and reloaded the ITunes program several times including the device support. I have tried every USB connector on my G5. I have tried every on off/restart combination I can think of. Today when I connected the IPod it activated the IPhoto program and downloaded a picture from an IPod e-mail but the ITunes program did not activate. When I opened ITunes there was no indication that the IPod was even connected. It seems to work fine with my Mac Book but that is not the computer I'm syncing to. Help.

Yes, it charges just fine. The last two times I connected the Touch activated IPhoto and downloaded a photo from one of the e-mails but the Touch icon did not appear in the ITune window. When I got the IPod a few days ago I had a devil of a time setting it up initially since the icon did not appear and ITunes did not activate. I thought the unit was defective since there was no indication that it was even connected. After fooling around for quite a while, suddenly the icon appeared in ITunes and I was able to sync my ITune files. The puzzling part is that it's like playing roulette. Sometimes the icon appears but most of the time it does not. The last time that I deleted the ITunes program and the device support and then reloaded, the Touch icon did appear in ITunes. The next time I connected it did not appear. I've shut down/restarted the G5 and the Touch to no avail. I've also deleted and reloaded the program several times including the device support. The Touch seems to work just fine and it charges OK so it must be a problem with ITunes.

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