It turns out an overclocking feature in the ASUS A8N-E cmos setup was on: AI N.O.S. When I turned it back off, the problem dissapears
-- MS IntelliMouse Optical 1.1A USB stops responding https://launchpad.net/bugs/51054 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
