[Bandit240]

Picked up a 1st gen iPod today for cheap for my wife to use. Its a 5gb with 1.4 on it. I get it home and plug it. Good thing is it works and charges, but wont connect to my computer. Ive got a G4 PB, 12'' 1ghz, all updated. My wife is at me to get this one working for her. Help me out here.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

try re-installing the ipod OS on it or try installing an older version

if you have os9, try doing it via that and then mounting on OSX later after you get it to mount on os9

[icruise]

It's always possible that the firewire port has come partially unsoldered. I seem to recall that this would sometimes happen with first generation iPods, making it possible to charge, but not to actually transfer data.