Windows 7 hangs on Boot up with smartboard USB plugged in.

Hi All
I am having a problem with our dual booting Imacs. When we boot up into windows 7 the mac just hangs for about 5 minutes. I have narrowed this down to our smartboards being plugged into the mac once we remove the USB it boots up no problems with no hangs.
We have updated boot camp to 3.2 and updated the device drivers to the latest version but it still hangs.
Has anyone come across this problem before? Or a similar problem?
Any help appreciated.
Scott

Hi Erica
No it is not a mass storage device it is a smartboard which is plugged in. Do you think this could be a drivers problem?

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