Windows 7 Turning off Peripheral devices after 20 minutes.

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This started happening very recently, and I'm not sure what's causing it because I didn't do much with my computer before it started happening. I was playing ARK: Survival evolved (Which I got back into recently after a few months of not playing, the only new thing that I did on the computer) and all of a sudden, my monitor, mouse, and keyboard shut off. I have an old computer, and it has it's fair share of problems, but this was new. I got no error message, and the PC was still on, the fans were running and the lights on the tower were doing their normal thing. However, the only way that I found of fixing this problem was to press the reset button or hold the power button down. Then it started happening consistently, 20 minutes after turning the PC on, monitor, mouse, and keyboard would shut off like the computer was off, but the tower was still on. I'm wondering if this is some sort of virus, even though I haven't downloaded anything in a while. I'm not sure if I can do a full scan of my computer because after 20 minutes, I can't see anything. I wanted to know if anyone has the slightest idea of what's going on.

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