USB devices failing on ubuntu 8.04 (SiS 735 chipset)

I can't use my usb flash stick or my usb hard drive.
I used to get the following errors on a default installation:
Could not read device descriptor error -32
USB: device not accepting address 2. Error -110
Somewhere in the proces I also got error -72 I think.

After reading forums and adjusting config files and changing bios settings I got the following errors:
Currently I get the following dmesg | tail after boot:
[ 3773.197588] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3773.197599] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 3789.796479] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 3789.796516] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: fatal error
[ 3789.796531] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: HC died; cleaning up
[ 3789.797236] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797242] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797256] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797259] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797262] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797265] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797268] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797270] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3789.797273] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)

Somewhere lateron when I inserted my usb stick:
[ 3015.320303] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 76
[ 3015.728180] usb 5-1: device not accepting address 76, error -71

or

[ 3800.634528] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 3800.634559] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: fatal error
[ 3800.634572] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: HC died; cleaning up
[ 3801.042397] usb 5-1: device not accepting address 2, error -108
[ 3801.042414] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042434] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042437] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042441] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042443] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042447] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042449] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.042452] hub 5-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
[ 3801.282338] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2

Current Configuration:
 BIOS settings:
  All usb support is enabled(dos,thumbdrive)

 /etc/modprobe.d/options:
  options usbcore autosuspend=-1

 /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/old_scheme_first = N

 GRUB :
  title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
  root (hd0,0)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=d6d32ea0-325e-4972-ab0a-0d9c533a09b5 ro quiet noapic pci=noacpi acpi=off irqpoll
  initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
  quiet

 # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
 #
 # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
 # /dev/sda1
 UUID=d6d32ea0-325e-4972-ab0a-0d9c533a09b5 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
 # /dev/sda5
 UUID=06a74b7c-133a-4403-85d2-4f3febffe3c0 none swap sw 0 0
 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto 0 0

I have the following software installed:
 autofs
 pmount
 usbmount
 gnome-volume-manager

I also tried the following commands:
 sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic

 sudo su
 rmmod uhci_hcd
 rmmod usbhid
 ERROR: Module usbhid does not exist in /proc/modules
 modprobe usbhid
 rmmod ehci_hcd
 modprobe ehci_hcd

 sudo fdisk -l

  Schijf /dev/sda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
  255 koppen, 63 sectoren/spoor, 4998 cilinders
  Eenheid = cilinders van 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Schijf-ID: 0x058666c9

   Apparaat Opstart Begin Einde Blokken ID Systeem
  /dev/sda1 * 1 4787 38451546 83 Linux
  /dev/sda2 4788 4998 1694857+ 5 Uitgebreid
  /dev/sda5 4788 4998 1694826 82 Linux wisselgeheugen

 lspci -v|grep HCI

  00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
  00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
  00:13.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 3030 (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
  00:13.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 3030 (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
  00:13.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 lsmod | grep -i 'usb'
  usbcore 146028 6 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd

 find /lib/modules/`uname --kernel-release` -iname '*usb*storage.ko' -or -iname '*scsi*mod*.ko'
  /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko
  /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko

 sudo rmmod usd_storage
  ERROR: Module usd_storage does not exist in /proc/modules

 cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0: 2061086 XT-PIC-XT timer
  1: 4887 XT-PIC-XT i8042
  2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade
  3: 1 XT-PIC-XT
  4: 1 XT-PIC-XT
  5: 15808628 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb2, eth0
  6: 5 XT-PIC-XT floppy
  7: 0 XT-PIC-XT parport0
  8: 3 XT-PIC-XT rtc
 10: 295841 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb5, SiS SI7012
 11: 100000 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb3, nvidia
 12: 369109 XT-PIC-XT i8042
 14: 62420 XT-PIC-XT libata
 15: 73205 XT-PIC-XT libata
NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 0 Local timer interrupts
RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 0 function call interrupts
TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts
SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

ubuntu 8.04 live cd boot:
 dmesg:
   331.744634] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
  [ 331.744668] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: fatal error
  [ 331.744682] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: HC died; cleaning up
  [ 331.745258] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745263] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745275] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745278] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745281] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745284] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745288] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot reset port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745290] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745293] hub 3-0:1.0: cannot disable port 1 (err = -19)
  [ 331.745296] hub 3-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -19)
  [ 331.745298] hub 3-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -19)
  [ 331.745301] hub 3-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -19)
 cat /proc/interrupts
      CPU0
    0: 45794 XT-PIC-XT timer
    1: 721 XT-PIC-XT i8042
    2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade
    3: 1 XT-PIC-XT
    4: 1 XT-PIC-XT
    5: 383 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb2, eth0
    6: 21 XT-PIC-XT floppy
    7: 2 XT-PIC-XT parport0
    8: 3 XT-PIC-XT rtc
    9: 1 XT-PIC-XT acpi
   10: 485 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb3, SiS SI7012
   11: 100000 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb5
   12: 17288 XT-PIC-XT i8042
   14: 665 XT-PIC-XT libata
   15: 5680 XT-PIC-XT libata
  NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts
  LOC: 0 Local timer interrupts
  RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts
  CAL: 0 function call interrupts
  TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns
  TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts
  SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts
  ERR: 0
  MIS: 0