USB ports causing lag/freezes

Hi,
Hoping I am posting this in the right place. So, just recently Ive been having some problems with my HP Pavilion laptop. Having a mouse plugged into any of the three USB ports causes sound lag, fps drop and stutters on the movement of the mouse.
I first noticed this in a game where the sound started breaking up along with some frame rate stutter. Checked sound drivers etc and no problems found. Eventually made the link between having a mouse plugged in and the problem occuring. To clarify, when I unplug the mouse all of the problems stop. I can plug the mouse back in and all will be fine for a few minutes and then the stuttering etc will start again.
The problem persists regardless of which port the mouse is plugged into and I have tried a couple of different mice so the problem seems to be internal to the laptop. All the mouse drivers are up to date as are the USB drivers.
Rather at a loss - im hoping someone here can shed some light on the issue.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

@-Banzai- ,
Hello and thank you for posting on the HP support forums. This may be due to recent windows updates.
Please try doing a system restore back before the problem started.
Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 8)
If that does not fix it then check this out.
Go to control panel, system, device manger....under Human Interface Devices, delete all items and reboot. The system will reinstall the drivers and hopefully your mouse will work.
Please let me know how things go.
Thank you again for posting and have a great day.
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