After my last OSX update: usb ports not working on my apple numeric keyboard

I'm curious if anyone else has lost usb connectivity on a Apple numeric keyboard after the last OS X update. I get the error msg "USB device needs power, connect usb disk (jump drive) to power or a usb port on this Mac". I am using OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) and the last update I took was iMovie 10.0.2 on Jan 25, 2014 on an 27' iMac (late 2012) i7 3.4 GHz, 3TB fusion, 32Gb RAM, GeForce GTX 680MX 2048MB video. All four usb ports are be used and are active on the back of the iMac. All I need is the occasional acess to a couple of jump drives via the keyboard ports. I have just ordered a 3.0 powered usb hub (Satechi) This will soon be a non-issue, but I know it used to work and I'm thinking that the OS X update might has done something to my keyboard ports. Anything?

The keyboard ports are usually slower transfer rate than other ports, so would likely be unsuited for use with flash or USB storage. There is usually an upper limit to the system load of all the ports together, perhaps that load is near the maximum already, too.
Hopefully the powered USB hub will resolve the issue.
Good luck & happy computing!

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