Mac pro + aluminum keyboard

at the end of April 2008 i got a Mac Pro, 2.8ghz 8-core, 2gb Ram, 320gb Hard drive, first of all upgraded the memory to 6gb.
My machine is used for pro-audio work.
One problem that developed in the first few days was the Aluminum keyboard not being recognized once the mac had got into OS X. This became apparent because I have the mouse plugged into the keyboard on startup I am prompted with a mouse wizard that claims that there is no mouse plugged in.
When I un-plug the keyboard and then plug it back in the wizard disappears and the keyboard and mouse work fine. Also I cant get into target disk mode either because the keyboard is just not working when the machine starts up. Ironically I had to use a microsoft keyboard to get into target disk mode when i need it.
Any ideas? I have seen some similar problems to this but not quite like this posted on various forums. Also just to add the machine is always kept up to date and runs 24/7 so its not often that I have to disconnect and reconnect the keboard.

benny,
I was hoping that you were going to say 'just monitor', but if it happens with rear USB slots it's something else.
I only have three ideas, no technical basis, just what I would try next:
Is Bluetooth on ? and at power-up it's picking up a device that tells it to ignore the USB keyboard, but when it comes to a subsequent check, the bluetooth connection turns out to be unsuitable.
Is it the standard Apple Mighty Mouse plugged into the USB keyboard ? or do you have another mouse ? Or do you have another USB device plugged into the keyboard, god forbid a USB memory card reader for example.
You may have mentioned, are there any other USB devices attached, at all ? same issue if you disconnect everything else ? Disconnect the USB cable from the monitor too. Same issue.
Otherwise, get the keyboard replaced under AppleCare.

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