Windows drains battery

i have an old ipod(second generation i believe, the one that was totally touch screen with the row of buttons below the screen) and the battery has been dieing rather fast lately but i understand its old whatever but the weird thing is i cannot update my ipod anymore because when connect my ipod to the computer using the usb cable, the battery is dead within 10 minutes from a full charge. i have tried using different cables, ive even used other computers with the same result. im usually fairly good with computers but i am at a loss.

I have a 3rd gen ipod as well, and am having the same problem. The problem, I think, is in the way that windows is handling the ipod as a powered device. If I go to System Settings->Device Manager, look under the USB Controllers, double-click Generic USB Hub, under power it shows the attached devices and the power required. My ipod shows up as an external hard drive that DOES NOT REQUIRE POWER. that is, the "Power Required" shows up as 0 mA. (This is in Win Vista, but I think the problem is in XP SP2 as well). I know that the port is powered, because I have a mouse that plugs into it, and it shows up as requiring 70 mA. I'm not sure if the ipod requires over 500 mA (I wouldn't think so), because this is the level at which windows will disable the hardware. I just purchased a new USB cable and replaced the battery, so I should be able to rule those out. I'm still trying to get this to work, and will post back with details if I figure it out.

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