Keyboard becomes unresponsive after ejecting CD

I have always had a problem with my keyboard locking up and not working until I unplugged it and plugged it back in. (Only with 10.6) Until this point I have thought it was just a bug at random. Now I have noticed that it is when I press the eject key on the keyboard. After this, the keyboard will lock up on all keys but the function keys, and I will have to unplug the USB cable and plug it back in to get the thing to work. I am wondering if this is a OS X 10.6 bug, is it something I have set up wrong, or is it just an isolated incident. The latter is probably the least likely, due to the fact that this same setup worked fin in OS X 10.5

Did you ever find a resolution to this?
I don't work with hyperlinks in print, so I've never seen this before, but my initial responses would be to make sure you are patched to 7.0.4 and to try trashig the prefs. see Replace Your Preferences

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