Hi.

Have you investigated a possible usb driver issue? Are you able to download a "liveCD", like Ubuntu LiveCD and boot from that, and see if you still have USB issues? Just so we can seperate hardware from software problem.

Hi,

 I downloaded the "live cd" and booted into the OS. The ports were still dead. )-;

This seems to be serious flaw in this server. I've noticed many similar posts.