Laptop Keeps Dropping USB Access

I upgraded my MacBook Pro (15" Early 2008) to Mountain Lion the other week and did the update to 10.8.2. Ever since the upgrade I intermittently lose all external keyboard and mouse access. I can be working on it fine and then without warning the mouse stops moving and the keyboard becomes inaccessible. I can use the laptops keyboard and trackpad. This happens once every couple of days and in different apps. The mouse still shows it's receiving power. After it happens I am unable to shut down restart or log on to another use. When I try nothing happens. I have to manually power down and start up and then everything works again.
edit to add: I have reset the PRAM. I dont have another mouse or KB to test.
Message was edited by: jonathanla7

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ir_jvc_decoder 1673 0
ir_rc6_decoder 2153 0
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ir_rc5_decoder 1609 0
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uvcvideo 72787 0
ath9k 99678 0
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I have 4 Toshiba laptops that will not stay connected to the internet. They keep dropping the wireless. My latest one L875D-S7332 has Windows 8 which is the the biggest PITA yet.
All of them drop the internet though. I have reset the Yubi router, updated all of the drivers, have unchecked the shut the device down checkbox. Nothing works.
I am seeing this is almost a recall issue for Toshiba. I even called Toshiba and they had no help. They were going to escalate to Level 2 but I never received a response.
Anyone have any other thing I can try.
It is in device mgr and it says it is working fine.
Thanks
Jack

It is the power saver setting. I realize the original poster may have already given up or moved on but for the benefit of others you want to make sure your power setting is on high performance. The easiest way to do this is to click the battery icon at the bottom right of your screen. Go into the settings or advanced settings and simply change to high performance. Yes, it will cause your battery to have less life but you won't be tempted to throw your laptop out the window for dropping your wifi continuously.

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