USB port possibly blown???

Hey Guys,
Here is my situation:
First of all I am a drummer and I use my PB in live shows to run our backing tracks.Last night we were rehearsing for a show this friday and I went to plug the PB into a DI box to get it patched into the PA system and the sound guy where we practicing had no clue as to what he was doing and had the channel unmuted and the gain wide open.Well needless to say it made a insane noise and I immediately unplugged the PB.
I was using one of those Turtle Beach USB to audio adapters because my sound out is bad(another story in itself) and it immediatly would not power back up and I could smell it had burned inside.Then this morning I tried to use that usb port and it is dead.
I am not sure if it is fried or what but I thought I would see if you guys had any input as to if it would be an expensive fix through apple.
So this is so long but thanx for reading if you did.
Later

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Sometimes resetting the PRAM or power manager fixes USB ports:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

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