USB ports have completely stopped working
Maybe it will help you:
Open terminal, type:
sudo -H gedit /etc/default/grub
Change the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
To
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi=force irqpoll"
Save and close the file.
sudo update-grub
Reboot.
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