Strange display when charging Gen. 4 Click-wheel iPod

This just began to happen. I'm original owner of my gen. 4 click-wheel iPod.
When I connect my iPod to my iMac to charge battery and update songs all works as usual until it is connected for an hour or so. They the display on the iPod shows a battery icon that looks as if it is 1/3 charged and a ! . What does the battery symbol and ! mean?
When I plug the ipod into a wall socket (Using the Apple connector and AC adapter that came with the ipod) it seems to charge just fine.
Any ideas? Thank you.

I just had a power supply go dead on my iMac G5. See the thread here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1360445&tstart=0
I did also replace the internal back up battery inside myself. But once the Apple tech replaced the internal power supply (see above link) now my iPod charges just like new.

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