New Ipod - Connecting, then Automatically, uncontrollably disconnecting.

Hello I just got a new 160gb black classic Ipod (just today infact) and I plug it in. It connects...and then immediately disconnects. I just connect, and it disconnects. Both my parents have 2gb Ipod Nanos so I have the newest Itunes, but I have no idea what to do. The computer registers it for a few seconds as a G Drive with 0 byte space and then disconnects. I reset it 5 times in a row and all I got was "Ipod device cannot be recognized" or whatever problem that is. Advice please? I leave for a Month-long trip to Europe in a few days and I got this Ipod specifically for this reason.
Thanks

Hmm, I have my 80 gig classic for more than a half year, and I hadn't encountered this problem so far, but today I encountered it, thus afterward stumbling upon this tread. I copied a file in my iPod which I had to have on another PC, but the iPod wouldn't properly connect with the other PC. When i connected it, the new device connected chime sounded and half a second later - the device disconnected sound. The iPod showed connecting, then ejecting, and the battery indicator was acting a bit weirdly. I tried a few more times with the same results. I was a bit concerned with this, even more so after reading your problem, but when I got home, my computer and the iPod connected as usually, no problems at all. The funny thing, though, is that I had connected the iPod to the other computer several times before without any problems. Oh and my computer has Win Wista, and the other had Win XP. I hope that maybe someone other more experienced can get some hints from this.

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Post the results, so we will try to help.

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and i hope you understand my problem..
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Hi. I have a 160gb iPod Classic. I have had it for 9 months without any problems. But now when i connect it to my pc it connects for 3-6 seconds then automatically disconnects itself.
I have tried multiple cables, that is not the problem
I have tried multiple USB slots,
I have tried it on different computers
I have resotred the iPod
I have a mac and have tried connecting it to this but the same issue occurs.
I have seen a few posts about this before but no one ever really seems to be able to offer a possible solution apart from try a different usb port or cable. I have tried everything thus far but all in vain. It did get recongnised by my mac once and i managed to reformat it but then the same issue occurred. Then the same happened when i connected it to my PC after about 20 attempts.
Any other suggestions would be appreiated or it is off to apple care for it.
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Gary

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iTunes doesn't even show the iPod sync window and i've already tried a lot of solutions, none of them seems to work.
I've visited various forums, but still, no solution until now...
I even bought a new iPod classic and still, it doesn't sync, i have no f*cking clue about why that happens and
i'm starting to go nuts cause they are useless because i can't simply f*cking sync them with my f*cking computer...
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New Ipod - Connecting, then Automatically, uncontrollably disconnecting.

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