Osx 10.6.8 m audio midi keyboard issue, not recognised

hi
after updating the OS to the latest snow leopard i'm no longer able to use my midi keyboard (M-AUDIO Radium 61 usb powered)
i'm using an M-Audio fast track pro usb external audio device and when i plug the midi cable, coming from the keyboard, none of my softwares recognise it (Logic pro, Ableton, Reason).
the monitor led for the midi signal is flashing indicating that signal is received but no signal at all seems to be sent to the OS.
i initially thought it might have been the audio device driver: outdated for the running osx (audio ins and outputs where behaving correctly anyway) and did update it. No changes
i've also downloaded the latest keyboard's drivers (for osx 10.6.8 32bit), wich seemed superfluous to me since i'm using it via midi cable only, with no results.
Tried by repairing disk permissions as well in disk utility (just in case..)
tried my devices on a diffrent macbook installing an older version of snow leopard and they're doing theyr job properly
tried using a Midi to USB cable converter instead (was working on the other computer)
i don't have (i'm not sure at least) a backup for the previous osx upgrade to restore (is there a way to find out what version of the os is backed up within time machine?)
any help will be highly appreciated
Matteo

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