I've searched the web and found plenty of similar cases, but no given solution seems to work. I fairly recently purchased the Mass Effect trilogy because I wanted to revisit one of my favorite franchises. I originally played them all on the 360, but it would be nice to play though it again with the good old mouse and keyboard. Unfortunately, I'm running into problems before even starting my quest to rid the universe of Reapers. It seems that after a specific amount of time in the menu (usually about the time that I start changing graphics settings), the game freezes. Background music is still playing, but the screen is stuck and there is no response from input. Task manager opens but cannot be seen over the game. Only way out is to restart.
I know this game was primarily made for consoles, but it is very upsetting that after THIS long it's got such a huge issue playing on a PC. My specs are below and clearly I have the horsepower to run the game. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and has possibly found a solution. Most people I've read about seem to have this issue after already getting into the game, pausing, and then having the game crash. My issue happens before I even get to start. Thanks in advance for any help. I would VERY MUCH like to play these games again on my PC.