Do Not Forever

My brand new 80 gig is currently connected to my macbook so I can sync iTunes. The screen of the iPod is saying do not disconnect and iTunes is not responding. it doesn't pick up the iPod or show it on the desktop. I can't turn the iPod off or anything. it's completely frozen. not even the circle time thing in the top corner is there. what's going on?

hold the white button and the play button till it resets.

Could just be that your iPod froze up. Try resetting it. Hold the center button and Play for 3-4 seconds and it should restart. Then try syncing again.

okay I have a black one so I held the black button on the play button for 20+ seconds and nothing happened

Oh right, forgot about the first step. You have to switch the hold button to on, then switch it to off, and THEN do the two button thing.

Sorry about that, I always forget the hold button part

did the hold thing, held the two buttons again. nothing. I think its gone man. anything else I can do?

You Press the Center and Menu button at the same time until it resets, about 10 seconds.

The other button combo turns disc mode on/off.....

baggss, you're the man!

Grr, this is what happens when I keep remembering third generation iPod solutions

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http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands

That used to happen to me all the time. When I first put my music on an external and the external doesn't have an active connection my iTunes would freeze. To avoid this I always make sure I have a good connection to my HD. Otherwise I'd have to force quit iTunes.