Why Won't Mass Effect Work on my PC?

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Kantor said:
A friend of mine has this same problem. I'm pretty sure it's because of DRM - one install per disc.

It should be cheap to buy new, so you might want to look into that.

Can't be one install per disc (unless they're lying - that would never happen right?). Because I uninstalled the game thinking it could have been an install fault, and a message popped up after the uninsall saying the game is completely uninstalled and it can now be installed (and played one assumes) on another PC. After reading that I got my brother to uninstall Mass Effect on his PC thinking that because you need an active internet connection to play ME the EA/Bioware server checks that any given disc is only installed on one PC at a time. After he uninstalled off his PC the game still wouldn't work. Though he did tick the "keep data files" option during uninstall, so maybe that's still blocking my playing of the game. He did mention that the "you can now install Mass Effect on another PC" message did not come up for him. I wonder, if it is a one PC at a time DRM if we're now screwed because my brother kept the data files and if he wipes them the Bioware servers won't recognise this as a total uninstall.

Did your friend end up getting the game new and it worked fro him? I'm worried if I buy the game I might get the same problem because there's some other issue not related to DRM. Damn I wish if DRM is blocking a game from being played that the shut down message would actually say that.

Online Pass certainly beats game crashes without proper explanation. I'd be happy to pay $10 for online pass to be able to play a borrowed Mass Effect, but online pass isn't in effect for Mass Effect.