Restore to itunes after a complete wipe?

My nano has the infamous "Use itunes to restore" loop in itunes7. So i have done what has been expected ... the 5 r's. Change drive letters, change cables, change ports, change computers, format, partition, restore, restore, restore. yada yada yada. I have even totally wiped clean my drive and had zeros written and even though I have not yet partitioned or formated I STILL GET THE RESTORE message!!! What is generating this dang message? There is absolutely no software or firmware on the ipod...it's been wiped clean? This, I think is where I am flummuxed! All diagnostics say the drive, the battery are fine. I can read and write to and from the drive as a flash drive. I can even play music from the drive, but the ITUNES software will not load on the ipod and it will not boot up. I have even tried to load linux or rockbox, but both say they cannot patch the firmware. MY confusion is getting the restore to itunes screen when there is no firmware?

Something within the iPod (which may have a short on the logic board or a defective battery) and the computer that is sending an inappropriate configuration error message to the computers you have tried it on. I'd bet it is the battery but I could be wrong. If you have $9 send it to http://www.iresq.com and see what they find on it.

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