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Some backstory:
Less than month ago I finished building my new PC!😀 I had the 32 bit version of Windows 7 installed on the machine as I waited for the 64 bit one to come in. Two weeks ago I attempted a fresh install of the 64 bit version of Windows and the machine froze up during the installation. The keyboard lights were off but the fans were still spinning. After some reformatting and a few retries, I finally got it on there. It didn't freeze for about an hour.
Now to the problem:
The machine freezes up and occasionally restarts on it's own. If it doesn't happen immediately, it won't happen at all. When I restart it (or it restarts itself) it does the same thing, but seemingly gets faster. Eventually I can't even get to the login screen, of it won't display anything at all. I assume this because it never reaches post. If I unplug it for a day, it lasts for an hour of two, and does the same thing. One time I tried to turn it on again, and It sounded like a car struggling to start up.
I've tried a different outlet, reformatted the hard drive, removed the hard drive, reset the cmos, and replaced the thermal compound. It continues to do this, even in bios. In bios the backlight of the keyboard shuts off, but the num-lock and caps-lock lights stay on, even after shutting down the machine. I went into bios and it looked like a glitchy mess.🙁 It doesn't seem to be restarting itself anymore. If the monitor is off while it happened, it's not showing any signal. I don't want to update the bios now because it could freeze again.
Could you please help me?
Any advice is much appreciated!😀
Specs
CPU - AMD Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard - Biostar Hi-Fi A85W ATX FM2 Motherboard
Memory - Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card - Zotac GeForce GT 630 2GB Video Card
PSU - Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Wireless Card - TP-Link TL-WN751ND
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Case - Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case
Here are the voltages according to bios.
Here's some more info if you need it!
Extra stuff
Note the installation cd had a "plain" install and a UEFI install. I used the uefi install and had no problems until yesterday.
Also, what do the numbers on the mobo's lcd mean when it's not in post or bios? When it freezes, it's usually stuck on 10 or in the 90's.
Some backstory:
Less than month ago I finished building my new PC!😀 I had the 32 bit version of Windows 7 installed on the machine as I waited for the 64 bit one to come in. Two weeks ago I attempted a fresh install of the 64 bit version of Windows and the machine froze up during the installation. The keyboard lights were off but the fans were still spinning. After some reformatting and a few retries, I finally got it on there. It didn't freeze for about an hour.
Now to the problem:
The machine freezes up and occasionally restarts on it's own. If it doesn't happen immediately, it won't happen at all. When I restart it (or it restarts itself) it does the same thing, but seemingly gets faster. Eventually I can't even get to the login screen, of it won't display anything at all. I assume this because it never reaches post. If I unplug it for a day, it lasts for an hour of two, and does the same thing. One time I tried to turn it on again, and It sounded like a car struggling to start up.

I've tried a different outlet, reformatted the hard drive, removed the hard drive, reset the cmos, and replaced the thermal compound. It continues to do this, even in bios. In bios the backlight of the keyboard shuts off, but the num-lock and caps-lock lights stay on, even after shutting down the machine. I went into bios and it looked like a glitchy mess.🙁 It doesn't seem to be restarting itself anymore. If the monitor is off while it happened, it's not showing any signal. I don't want to update the bios now because it could freeze again.
Could you please help me?

Specs
CPU - AMD Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
Motherboard - Biostar Hi-Fi A85W ATX FM2 Motherboard
Memory - Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card - Zotac GeForce GT 630 2GB Video Card
PSU - Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Wireless Card - TP-Link TL-WN751ND
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Case - Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case
Here are the voltages according to bios.
Here's some more info if you need it!
Extra stuff
Note the installation cd had a "plain" install and a UEFI install. I used the uefi install and had no problems until yesterday.
Also, what do the numbers on the mobo's lcd mean when it's not in post or bios? When it freezes, it's usually stuck on 10 or in the 90's.