10.6.5 Breaking USB Keyboard/Hub Combination?

Hey guys, just did the update to 10.6.5 only to find my USB being dodgy and not working. After some digging around, came across this thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2644159&start=0&tstart=0 and followed the instructions listed there, pulling the files from yesterday's backup of my machine (obviously before the system update). The files I copied are AppleUSBAudio.kext, AppleUSBDisplays.kext, AppleUSBMultitouch.kext, AppleUSBTopCase.kext, IOUSBFamily.kext, IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext.
All went well and was back to normal, EXCEPT my keyboard.
The kernel log is showing the following, whenever I plug the keyboard into the hub (any port on the hub):
Dec 21 18:17:03 Trinity-II kernel[0]: USBF: 532.547 AppleUSBHubPort[0xcf21300]::FatalError - Port 1 of Hub at 0xfd140000 reported error 0xe00002ed while doing getting port status (5)
However, the keyboard works fine when plugged in to the machine directly, and all other devices on the hub are functioning as normal (USB Printer and Scanner also are on that hub.)
This was all working at 10.6.4 but has somehow been broken in the update, is there any solution? I don't particularly want to use the last spare USB port on my mac for my keyboard because of some software failure.

Hi Philip,
Post over in the iPod Forums... lots of iPod gurus over there:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=151
Also, using Console to trouble shoot problems:
Using logs to troubleshoot problems
If you are troubleshooting a problem and need more information about it, you can use Console to look at the messages sent and received by your computer. Your computer keeps logs of these messages, which you can read in Console. Logs might contain the following types of information:
More detailed information than what you see in error messages
Application and system messages that are not shown to a user
Progress messages
Technical information about your computer that might be useful to a developer or technician assisting you with an issue
You can also use Console to log the sequence of events as you re-create the problem. The resulting log can help service and support technicians in determining the cause of the problem.
To log a sequence of events:
Open Console, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
Open Console
To see the all the logs, click the Logs List button and then click the triangle next to a folder to see the logs in that folder.
Select the appropriate log and click Clear.
Perform the actions that produced the problem you are troubleshooting.
Read the messages that appear in the Console window.
You can save the log file for the service or support technician who is helping you troubleshoot the problem.
Carolyn

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