Please Help!!!!! Ipod mini trouble

My ipod is recognized by my computer and the itunes sidebar but it doesnt upload songs that are in my library into the ipod itself. I've tried uninstalling the itunes program and reinstalling it but it doesnt work. i've also restored my ipod but that didn't work either. please help me i haven't been able to figure it out for a while!!
is there anyway i could fix it, or should i take it to the apple store
Thank You for your help

How are you attempting to transfer songs to the iPod? If it's set to manual then simply connecting the iPod will do nothing and you must drag and drop the songs from iTunes to the iPod.
if it's set to automatic transfer, do you see any error messages or is anything displayed in the status windows (where the Apple logo normally appears)?

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