Ok, so I've had my nano since about september now, and its been a less than perfect experience. I used to wonder why it wouldn't connect to my computer, realized i needed to install XP SP2, fine, worked great. I then got a new laptop and decided to sync my ipod to that, making it my main computer, fine, worked great. then, the night before i left for vacation, i went to sync it, and "USB Device Not Recognized" tried everything, resetting, restarting, all that good stuff. Not even the ipod updater would recognize it. I tried it on both the desktop and laptop with the same results for each. So I came back from vacation, plugged it in once, same result, plugged it in again, hey look it worked! Well that was great, problem solved, right? Wrong. It's doing it again now. I can't understand whats wrong. No matter where I plug it in I constantly get "USB Device Not Recognized". So what should I do?
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iPod iPod Nano not connecting to the computer... sometimes
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Do you have USB 1.1 ports or 2.0? I had a similar problem with my PC not always recognizing my iPod with my 1.1 ports. Since I added a 2.0 pci card I haven't had any problems. Does you iPod not recognize on both the laptop and the PC? Or is it just the PC?
I had a similar problem when I tried to update all my systems - iTunes and iPod. I now have the most current of both but when I plug in my iPod the updater doesn't recognize it. The screen says 'initialzing' and the iPod says 'do not disconnent'. Is this a USB issue or something different?