T400s Fails to shutdown when docked AND usb device connected to Dock

Title says it all, have a T400s running Windows XPSP2 that shuts down and or reboots fine UNLESS it is connected to a docking station with any usb device attached (to the dock). BIOS has been flashed, machine built from scratch using enterprise license and latest drivers from Lenovo's website. Microsoft patches have also been applied.
Any clues?

We had a Lenovo tech on site today to see this problem. The problem seems to show when there are USB devices in the dock and the camera software is installed. If you uninstall the software or remove all of the USB devices from the dock then the laptop shuts down properly. We tried two different USB mice as well as a flash drive and came up with the same result each time. Even with the camera software removed from the laptop the integrated camera still works in Windows through the camera center.

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