MSI Whitebook MS-1727 question(s)

[danyune]

I recently purchased one of these and there were a few problems that I've been working on. I posted on NBR but I haven't gotten much feedback there about it.

1) None of the USB ports work. They power but the laptop itself cannot recognize them (in bios or in windows). When i plug in a mouse, the light on the mouse stays on but just never functions. I've just bought an expresscard with 2 USB ports and that's what I use at the moment, but it'd be nice to be able to use the real ports on the laptop. I've opened the laptop and looked around and found no burn marks or anything suggesting a short circuit, but it was only a visual diagnosis.

2) The side buttons. The wireless light is always on but when I am in windows, it shows that "Wifi is currently disabled", like a switch was flipped. Pushing the side button does nothing. In fact, none of the buttons aside from power do anything. They are just dormant buttons.

I run bios version 10F and EC 1727IMS1.406

Anyone with experience with this particular laptop would be appreciated.

I7-740qm 8gb 5870m (MS-1727, not quite a GT740/GX740, but the barebones one)