FreeBSD watchdog error, tx timeout

Hello all, I recently bought a usb ethernet adapter for my laptop. I slapped FreeBSD 5.3(ONLY version that works on my laptop). It detects the drive right away as axe0 and dhclient works great. Now, when I set up my cvsup ports-supfile, it gets a little bit through the update and then gives me a watchdog error and a tx timeout on the interface.

I then try it again and, of course, it doesnt work because of name resolution. ifconfig still shows proper configuration, but to no avail. I restart, it works again, but then it cuts out at about the same time interval.... I think this is more of a datalink or network layer problem, but I cant put my finger on it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Linksys USB compact adapter 2.0
FreeBSD 5.3
Toshiba 2505CDS

jeez 6 forum posts later I finally find out I just needed to disable ACPI! oh and by then I got the dongle I ordered for my pcmcia card.. so it was kinda pointless.. ah well, thats just what I get for being devoted to windows for all this time... Oh how the light burns my eyes!