MacBook pro 13" mid 2010 "USB drawing too much power" HELP

Hi, my MacBook Pro keeps coming up with a window about 30 after start up saying "USB drawing too much power" and none if the USB ports work neither does the iSight camera (green light is constantly on) and the headphone jack won't work! I have tried re installing OSX but it hasn't worked! Apart from an SMC reset and a PRAM what else can I try? Absolutely nothing is plugged in not a single cable or keyboard or mouse just my MacBook on its own, is it definitely a software problem or am I going to have to get apple to repair the hardware because I do not have that much money to replace a logic board and get apple to replace it themselves. Thanks in advance!

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    1. After having a chat with official Apple representative online, I was suggested to go to official Apple repair shop for diagnosis, so I've went and voila I need to change motherboard on my laptop. In France they evaluated it 560 euros, when my used laptop here costs around 600-800 euros - doesn't seem logical to me, but ok, I'd be willing to pay this money if not one phrase told by representative in the shop: "Warranty for new motherboard would be 3 months"... it means that I'd pay more than a half of the price of my laptop is worth now, for something that is not sure to be working properly e.g. in half of the year?? (here on forums people speak about that replacing motherboard is not always the solution, since one that'll be replaced can be faulty as well)
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    W8******AGW
    MacBook Pro 6,2
    2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
    8GB 800 MHz DDR3 (this one I've changed myself in beginning of 2012)
    NVIDIA GT330M
    OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
    Error message:
    Anonymous UUID:       88083BD7-6D2D-D53C-77F2-A75DBFE9C4F2
    Sun Jun 29 20:43:46 2014
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f87e20f7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8121bd7000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.5.26/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff8111012ea0 : 0xffffff8005a22fa9
    0xffffff8111012f20 : 0xffffff7f87e20f7c
    0xffffff8111012ff0 : 0xffffff7f86537e7b
    0xffffff81110130b0 : 0xffffff7f8660146a
    0xffffff81110130f0 : 0xffffff7f866014da
    0xffffff8111013160 : 0xffffff7f86880056
    0xffffff8111013290 : 0xffffff7f86624b09
    0xffffff81110132b0 : 0xffffff7f8653e8cd
    0xffffff8111013360 : 0xffffff7f8653c3d8
    0xffffff8111013560 : 0xffffff7f8653dd27
    0xffffff8111013630 : 0xffffff7f8746c3df
    0xffffff8111013700 : 0xffffff7f874967b3
    0xffffff8111013780 : 0xffffff7f8747eae0
    0xffffff81110137e0 : 0xffffff7f8747f3da
    0xffffff8111013830 : 0xffffff7f8747f754
    0xffffff81110138a0 : 0xffffff7f8747ffc8
    0xffffff81110138e0 : 0xffffff7f8744cfea
    0xffffff8111013a60 : 0xffffff7f8747c940
    0xffffff8111013b20 : 0xffffff7f8744bad9
    0xffffff8111013b70 : 0xffffff8005ecea56
    0xffffff8111013b90 : 0xffffff8005ed0051
    0xffffff8111013bf0 : 0xffffff8005ecdabf
    0xffffff8111013d40 : 0xffffff8005ab66a8
    0xffffff8111013e50 : 0xffffff8005a26bf1
    0xffffff8111013e80 : 0xffffff8005a139f5
    0xffffff8111013ef0 : 0xffffff8005a1e043
    0xffffff8111013f70 : 0xffffff8005ac989d
    0xffffff8111013fb0 : 0xffffff8005af3c76
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.5.26)[B67CD59F-1344-37BC-8A9A-46D6D3DCA13D]@ 0xffffff7f87e12000->0xffffff7f87e25fff
                dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.5.26)[C0F9A79F-167E-3A68-873C-5CE17B97F B11]@0xffffff7f87e0a000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f8637f000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f860be000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f86495000
                dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7f87e0d000
             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[6EB3FF52-A4F6-3496-AE9C-D89B00F DE504]@0xffffff7f864e8000->0xffffff7f86750fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f860be000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[B93BBFC9-9ED5-3DDD-8CED-5EDA081BB997]@0xff ffff7f864d8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f86495000
             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f8675b000->0xffffff7f86a04fff
                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[6EB3FF52-A4F6-3496-AE9C-D89B00F DE504]@0xffffff7f864e8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f860be000
             com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[24ED915E-02F3-3A31-8502-6AA41FFCA420]@0xffffff7f8 743a000->0xffffff7f87504fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f860be000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[B93BBFC9-9ED5-3DDD-8CED-5EDA081BB997]@0xff ffff7f864d8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f86495000
                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[6EB3FF52-A4F6-3496-AE9C-D89B00F DE504]@0xffffff7f864e8000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    13D65
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: ADD73AE6-88B0-32FB-A8BB-4F7C8BE4092E
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000005800000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005a00000
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 7874092753803
    last loaded kext at 281017367413: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f86a84000, size 65536)
    last unloaded kext at 686916869587: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f86cda000, size 65536)
    loaded kexts:
    com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0
    com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring 9.0
    com.hzsystems.terminus.driver 4
    com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt 0.0.74
    com.apple.filesystems.ntfs 3.11
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.15
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.2.4
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
    com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.4f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.1f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.5.26
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.12
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache 35
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6
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