New USB-problem? (K7N2G-L)

Did a search of the forum but didn't find any report that seemed the same (sorry if I missed it)
When turning the system on, USB-devices are most of the time not recognized - all settings are ok, the drivers are there, no problems I can discover - until I remove and reattach my USB-devices. At the next soft reboot, they will still be recognized. If I turn the machine off again, I'll have to reseat everything again, kind of uninteresting and tedious after a couple of weeks now.
I have the latest BIOS (3.3), all devices work flawlessly after reseating, and the fun part is that this phenomenon occurs in both Windows 2000 Pro (all updates installed) and Mandrake Linux 9.0 (all updates installed).
The system is currently a little OC'ed, but this happened on the vanillasystem as well. The currents are well withing specs according to the hardware manager of W2K, and all voltages are also within spec (says Hmonitor and AIDA32). I'm at a loss. Any ideas appreciated

I'd doubt it is my memory, but Bonz, sure, here's my entire spec and how I run it minus the PSU. I can dismantle the machine and check what specs it has if you wish:
MSI K7N2G-L (MS-6570) BIOS rev 3.3
Athlon XP1800+
2x TwinMOS PC2700 CL2 256Mb (in dual channel)
IBM Deskstar 180GXP 80Gb ATA-100 (on IDE0)
Compaq DRD8120P DVD (on IDE1)
Samsung CDR(W) SW-408B (on IDE1)
Compaq MV740 17" Monitor
Tt Volcano 11 XE CPU cooler
Tt DDR-coolers (1 active w/fan, 1 passive)
2x 8cm Papst chassis fans
1x 8cm Delta chassis fan
1x 4cm fan on mainboard
PSU: 360W
PS/2:
 Kinesis Ergo Elan keyboard
 Logitech Trackman Marble +
USB:
 Logitech Wingman Extreme 3D
 Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP
 Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse
 Flashmate 4-in-1 Memorymedia-to-USB adapter
 Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D w/cradle
I'm running at 10.5x175FSB (ie 1842MHz) and the memory at 3-2-2 CL2. Don't let that scare you though, as this USB-problem occurs also at 133 and 166FSB, and with memorytimings by SPD (horrendously slow). Nothing is warm and I've installed a fan at the Mainboard heatsink to keep it cooler too.
As I said, this occurs in W2K Pro (SP3) and Mandrake Linux 9.0.
I'd expect behaviour like that from a severely OC'ed system, but not from my modest OC (or from no OC at all). I even backed down a few MHz to let the poor onboard GFX have an easier life 'til that 4800SE ends up inside it. Then there'll be no telling what will happen...
(Sidenote: the DirectX-tests (DxDiag) says the on-board sound do not support hardware buffers. As the SB Live do hardware buffers, that would mean the onboard sound is in some way inferior to a Live from the non-soundquality point of view but rather from system performance?)
EDIT: wonkanoby, I have tried your solution. I'll tell if it seems to help or not. Thx.

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