Question : Problem: none of the USB ports responding

I put a fresh XP image on a T1145 eMachine.
Everything is working fine except for the front and rear USB ports. I've check the connections.
Device Manager sez that they are working fine. I uninstalled them any way. Then scanned for new hardware and still nothing. I booted to an Knoppix disk and from there they didn't work either.
When I plug in a thumb drive the light on it does light up, so there is power.
there weren't any drivers to download from the manufactures website.

Any help would be great.
Thanks

Answer : Problem: none of the USB ports responding

>> I booted to an Knoppix disk and from there they didn't work either. << then the usb is bad.
you can still put in a pCI TO USB ADAPTER CARD :
http://www.ciao.com/Belkin_Hi_Speed_USB_2_0_5_Port_PCI_Card_USB_adapter_5_ports__15354581

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