Trying to get Ipod to Update songs from ITunes

I have downloaded a whole stack of CDs into iTunes but I can't get my Ipod to Update with the new stuff.
Ever since I got my iPod (40GB) I have had problems with this. Sometimes I just have to go round and round in circles til the computer takes pity on me and it works (or at least, that's how it feels!!) but this week, it's having none of it and it's driving me nuts.
The manual says that if the option is set up, the IPod will automatically update when it is connected to the PC - but it doesn't (and the option is definitely set up right). My PC recognises that I have plugged it in and when I take it out, by making a noise, but the songs are not updating.
Can anyone help at all? The Ipod is fully charged, I have updated all software, tried re-setting, it is switched on etc. I don't want to start again as I have over 4000 songs in on my iPod and I don't want to have to download them all again.
Hoping someone out there can help. If not, watch your heads cos there's an Ipod about to be launched through a window!!! lol.

Thanks, but it didn't help.
However - I did finally get it to work!!!
I just kept resetting the Ipod, plugging it into my PC and updating the software until it finally did the update properly and then it finally updated my IPod!!
It has always been a problem, but this was longer than usual before it did it.
All I can suggest to others out there with the same problem is to make sure that your Ipod is completely charged before you start trying to update your Ipod. Re-boot your PC and then try again when everything is "fresh" etc.
Keep resetting the Ipod whilst it is plugged into the PC - press and hold the menu and select button for 6-10 seconds until the apple logo appears. When I did this, my PC kept making the noise like when you unplug it or plug it in and the PC recognises it - even though I hadn't unplugged it.
Eventually I got a message saying the software needed updating and to click on the "update" option (as far as I was aware, I had done this 4 times already, but I did it again anyway!). Part way through I got an icon on my Ipod saying to plug it into the mains to charge it (showing a plug going into plug socket). I did that, plugged it back into pc when it was fully charged again and Itunes finally recognised it and updated the Ipod.
A lot of messing and freaking annoying, but I got there in the end. Good luck to everyone else!!!

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