Installed Kubuntu and my G15 died

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Kind of a random occurence.  I installed Kubuntu as a separate boot option to Winxp as one of my current courses is learning Linux. 

Immediately after the installation and boot into Kubutu, my logitech G15 keyboard stopped working.  I rebooted into Xp, still no worky.  It comes on for a split second at the initial statup then boom-nothing. 
I tried changing usb ports to no avail but the mouse that I had running off the keboard works fine in the usb port that the G15 was formerly occupying.  I'm now using an older keyboard with a serial connection.

I have not tried uninstalling Kubuntu yet as I'm going to need it until the end of the course regardless.  I don't think that the G15 is actually dead either but am curious as to what might be preventing it from working.  Any ideas?