hey guys ive been reading alot on these forums about the 2nd gen ipod blinking three times in orange once connected to the PC and not being recognized by either the USB or the ITUNES program well i have the same problem now! in my case i was able to load songs to almost 1G and play the shuffle for like a week on my friends computer then when i connected it to mine initially it was recognized and i was asked to " erase and sync" but i kept cancelling..on the third time i connected it it just blinked three times and is not even recognized as an external harddrive and is not recognized in ITUNES at all! i tested it on my laptop and its still being recognized so im guessin there is no problem with the cable.....can anyone please help me? ive tried the 5 R's a billion times and reinstalled itunes a billion times still nothign!!!! HHELP!!!!!!!!!