Please help

Nosirrath · July 23, 2016

Hey guys,

So I recently finished building my pc with all new parts using the LTT build logs from a while ago, mainly the ULTIMATE build logs because I'm a noob and they were probably the most detailed ones out there. Anyway the point of this post is I need some help with the software side, the bit Linus and Luke mainly skip over in the logs. I downloaded what I think are all the drivers I need (there are no red crosses or exclamation marks in the device manager) from the Nvidia and Asus websites for my hardware. However, there are still some problems that I can't find fixes for anywhere and I don't know what to do.

First, I can't watch any youtube videos, I can see it loads it on the buffer bar at the bottom but it never actually starts playing the video.

Second, on some websites (most recently http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/ ) the page crashes and tells me the shockwave/flash plugin has stopped working and I don't know why. I have the latest version of both of these BTW.

Next, Steam is being a huge pain in my backside. If I click the steam.exe button it either won't load altogether, it will come up with the update box, search for an update then close with nothing else there or it will work perfectly fine with no explanation then the next time I go to open it it will choose one of the first two options. Everytime it does one of those things it still remains open apparently in the task manager an if it doesn't open up with the login screen and I end the task and try again it will pick another one of these three scenarios at random.

Next, the notifications screen is bugged, whenever something pops up like when I connect my iPhone and it says "You have new choices for this device" that notification will remain there permanently, if I click the notifications icon on my taskbar the whole taskbar will freeze for 5-10 minutes before refreshing and minimising all my apps.

Finally, in the CAM software I downloaded for my Kraken x61 cooler to monitor the components there is a notification that continuously pops up saying "Kraken fan is malfunctioning" when it's not and changing profiles and things in the same app changes the physical fan speeds perfectly fine for all of them.

So that's my situation. If it helps I have a Sabertooth Z170 S motherboard, a 6700k processor at stock speeds, a Kraken x61 cooler and a GTX 950 in my system. Also I the Windows 10 version I have is not activated as it is installed on the HDD I salvaged from my old computer so if that's the problem I'll feel really stupid. I am planning to buy a new key in the next few days to activate it again though.

Solutions to any of these problems would be greatly appreciated, I've had a lot of help from you guys in the past and as always if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer down below but forgive me if I seem a bit inexperienced because I really am.

Thanks, N xx

Damocles · July 23, 2016

I know that inactivated copies of windows will auto shutdown as a means of piracy prevention, but this is unheard of. It's likely that the drivers from the old PC are carried over and are incompatible with your system. You can try Driver Booster or run CMD as admin and type "sfc /scannow" or simply running in safe mode. Best thing you can do is get a clean drive, install a licensed copy of windows and transfer files from old drive to new.