Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Classic View
Click System
Click Hardware
Click Device Manager
Does the 'USB' branch of the tree show the USB ports?
Is there an 'Unknown Devices' branch of the tree?
Either way, the software "device-drivers" for the USB ports are not installed, or not installed correctly, and so you'll get the symptoms that you've observed -- power without device-recognition.
Access http://support.dell.com and click "Detect My Computer", and download and install the device-drivers for the USB ports.
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