Well what kind of USB keyboard? Just a wild hair, do you have the xboxdrv installed? It could be interrupting the connection. Do you have any overlays enabled on the /boot/config.txt? Are the lights illuminating for any of the devices?

@Efriim thanks for that info, i'll try it when i get back home later. i'll report back.

Okay...Thanks.

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