Thank you both! I swapped out the USB cable and enabled the logs (they will save to my desktop). I am no longer having the freezing problem with the motors. I also plugged it into the rear port (not the front ports on the computer).
When I tell it to print, the motors move as they should following the coordinates. However, the heatbed and filament motors seem to be having an issue.
The filament motor is moving the wrong way (probably a firmware problem, I'll try troubleshooting this on my own). Does it have to do with the order of the stepper motor wiring? I'll try both and see what happens
The heatbed issue is a little more confusing. When I turn it on in manual control and go the the "temperature curve" and look under heatbed output, it appears to be "working". However, the heatbed is cold to the touch and the temperature reading for the heatbed in the manual control tab seem to be indicating that the heatbed is at room temperature. I have the heatbed power wires going to the HB-pwr pins (located right next to the main power). Both wires are red; I guess the wire polarity doesn't matter for the heatbed?
Thank you once again. I'm extremely grateful for your help as we near completion on this project
Thank you so much for your help!
Here are some photos of the wiring for the heatbed...
The yellow and black wires are main power. The red wires are for the heatbed (they are connected to HB-PWR). Does the polarity of the wires matter since they are both labeled red?
All of the wires entering the heatbed (thermistor wires are black while the red are input power).
Here are all of the thermistor pins. The black set of wires is for the heat bed. The red and black wire are for the extruder.