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    Mass Effect crashing before menu

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by casper_7779, Jun 7, 2008.

  1. casper_7779

    casper_7779 Notebook Guru

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    hey every one,
    so finally after i buy the game install it and activated it, the game wont even get in to the menu!!!!
    at the screen where it says "press any key" when i press a key the game just crashes to the desktop sayin "mass effect has stoped working"!!!
    does anyone else have the same prob, or even a solution???

    thanx in advance
     
    casper_7779, Jun 7, 2008
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  2. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    It seems Mass Effect has some problems running behind Aero.

    So try this:
    Right click on Mass Effect.exe, on the Compatibility tab, check "Disable Desktop Composition"...
     
    cdnalsi, Jun 7, 2008
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  3. casper_7779

    casper_7779 Notebook Guru

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    hey man i tried that, but still keeps crashing as i press enter before the menu screen..thanx anyways man.. still searching for a fix
     
    casper_7779, Jun 7, 2008
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  4. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Uh, something's weird then.

    Try disabling UAC, running compatibility mode with XP SP2...
     
    cdnalsi, Jun 7, 2008
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  5. Wiz33

    Wiz33 Notebook Deity

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    What is your system spec and what version video driver are you running. If you can get to the "press any key" screen. More than likely it's driver related problem.
     
    Wiz33, Jun 8, 2008
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  6. theholyangel

    theholyangel Notebook Consultant

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    I had the same problem also...you have run the game as administrator....Right click on masseffect.exe file and hit...run as administrator.
    Also...may wanna update your graphics card drivers....more details in this thread.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=257013

    let me know if this helped...thanks
     
    theholyangel, Jun 8, 2008
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  7. casper_7779

    casper_7779 Notebook Guru

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    ok so i read that thread,so exactly what drivers did u use? to get it to work
    thanx
     
    casper_7779, Jun 8, 2008
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    casper_7779 Notebook Guru

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    i tried with 174.74 and 175.12 none of them get me to the game..
    im running the game on a 8600mgt, 2GB ram, dual core 2.0 processor
     
    casper_7779, Jun 8, 2008
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    theholyangel Notebook Consultant

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    i am using...169.xx version...i think that you have run the game as administrator like i said....that worked for me.

    Go to the masseffect directory...then binaries folder...Right click on masseffect.exe file and hit...run as administrator.

    hope that works.
     
    theholyangel, Jun 8, 2008
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  10. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I don't mean to break out my lecture stick, but I hate to say it, this is just another reason why Vista and PC gaming get a bad rap. Why do you have to jump through all these hoops to get a newly released PC game to work.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 8, 2008
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Because game developpers can't release a stinkin patch or self updater to make use of Vista and DX10 :)
     
    eleron911, Jun 8, 2008
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  12. casper_7779

    casper_7779 Notebook Guru

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    either that or EA did a ****ty job porting ME from 360 to pc.. they should have taken the time like assassins creed!.. it was flawless.(at least to me)
     
    casper_7779, Jun 8, 2008
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  13. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    ...and some of us have had NO problem yet. Then again my 360 got the red rings last month but different problem.

    Compared to Witcher, that crashes about every 2 hours of game play, ME has been great. As usual, YMMV.
     
    hydra, Jun 8, 2008
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