Inserts/plug-ins - Logic 4.8 Pl. What Happened??, I upgraded and now my inserts are gone? Options

[TXL.]

Greetings all. You have all helped me so much in the past, so here's another perplexing question...

my system specs:
new white ibook g3
512 Mb ram
Logic 4.8 platinum (just updated from 4.0)
emi 2|6 interface (using easi)

When I go into my audio mixer to add inserts (i.e. reverb, sample delay, etc) they no longer appear. There are no inserts to add. Just a blank grey area (where there used to be drop-down menus to select an effect).

I assumed this was because I had my plug-ins folder in the wrong spot for Logic 4.8 to access it, so i moved it into the Logic 4.8 folder in my HD.

Still no Luck.

This may be simple, but please help.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

take care,
Jennifer

[TXL.]

I have tried using the ASIO driver, yes.
And I have tried EASI, both at different times. I make sure i have deselcted whichever driver i am not using in the "Audio Hardware and Drivers" window.
I then restart logic.
I Make sure my Audio tracks are set to whichever driver I am using.

I can play/record using EASI, but when recording, the levels are SUPER low, like something isn't working correctly (even when I have the levels for whatever sound I am inputting up very high)
I see very very little activity in the meters in the mixer window.

All the correct extensions are on...

???
weird huh.

Thanks for great advice,
Jennifer