This forum was really helpful when I got my iPod last year. I can even use MusicMatch with it! I haven't had any trouble until a few days ago. I'd connect, the iPod would be recognized by MMJB, but when I would try and load music, it was veeeery slow. Now, it doesn't work at all -- my system freezes and I have to reboot. The iPod is still working fine. I checked it out as an external hard drive and am having kind of the same problem -- I can maneuver around for a bit, then it freezes and the iPod makes the same whirring-clicking noise that it does when it freezes in MMJB. I was able to update the iPod Updater, no problem, and I originally thought it was a MMJB problem ('cause, you know, it's MMJB!), but now I suspect a Firewire problem. I have a Belkin, that I bought (no lie) at the Apple store when I got my iPod. So does it make sense that the card has gone bad or something? Windows says it's working fine.

I don't want to reformat the 3500+ songs I have on the iPod!

Thanks for any help...

-- Kay