990FXA-GD80 Boot issues

Just built a PC with this motherboard, more specs below.
I can start one time, get all the way to the Win7 login screen. Then I shutdown, try to restart and my MB shows the following message:
2b->FF->19, blinking very rapidly. The DDR_Phase 2 light also blinks.
THe only way I can reboot is to clear the CMOS and start again. From time to time, the computer will restart if I let this loop carry on.
I tried putting windows in hibernate mode, and again, the system restarted after a pause and the same symptoms.
When booted fully, a small red LED light blinks sporadically to the left of the JFP2 panel (left of the debug box). The DDR_Phase 2 light is now solid. I have also tried with a Linux boot.
My BIOS says I'm running E7640AMS V13.0
I've cleared the CMOS via battery removal as well.
I have:
990FXA-GD80 MB
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Processor
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)  in the slot closest to the processor
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC SSD
XFX One ON-XFX1-PLS2 Radeon HD 5450 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Video Card
Anyone know why this might be happening? Thank you.

you use 1 memory stick only or?
what PSU you use?
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My BIOS says I'm running E7640AMS V13.0
make system stable and reflash to the latest one 13.3

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    i have also tried with a
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    FF - means nothing
    19 - Pre-memory South Bridge initialization is started
    FF - means nothing
    2B - Memory initialization. Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data reading
    3B - Post-Memory South Bridge initialization is started
    37 - Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started
    36 - CPU post-memory initialization. System Management Mode (SMM) initialization
    70 - South Bridge DXE initialization is started
    60 - DXE Core is started
    72 - South Bridge devices initialization
    B2 - Legacy Option ROM Initialization <--- possible Graphics Card Problem too
    92 - PCI Bus initialization is started
    99 - Super IO Initialization
    52 - Memory initialization error. Invalid memory size or memory modules do not match
    54 - Unspecified memory initialization error
    55 - Memory not installed
    56 - Invalid CPU type or Speed
    the Red area is a very bad set of codes as they are mainly Memory and CPU issues
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