how do i get the dragon age origins pc steam download to play

I'm having the exact same problem and can not find a solution anywhere.

I am having near the same issue as i just purchased it last week sometime.

Loader comes up and looks great, until i hit play. So nasty sound glitch, sometimes i get a minor amount od the dragon age starting screen and them BAM, crash. Every time. Video drivers are up to date, confirmed all files with steam. not cool

Win7 64bit

Intel 3970 processor

triple sli 680 gtx's

32gb pc 19200 gskill ripjaws

dual 256gb ssd's raid 0

That is the pertinent stuff. Tried a full reinstall, no go.

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: DAOrigins.exe

Application Version: 1.5.13263.0

Application Timestamp: 4eb19d53

Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e

Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0c67d8ff

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 0a9e

Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Additional Information 3: 0a9e

Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I'm having the same problem, I can get to the first window that opens where you can change your video, sound, and other settings; and even look at my hardware stuffs. As soon as I click on the Play button it does not open the game. Right now this is the only game I want to start playing. I wonder if there might be a download limit, there has been a couple of times where I was having problems with STEAM or my laptop in general and had to "Factory Data Reset" and reinstall everything i had on there......This is crud, I understand the game is old and there's little care to take care of this for those who like nostaglia but still someone should be trying to figure out what the F*** can fix this.

This is Answers HQ, a game players website.  Official support is on the Help Center website. 

There are numerous FAQ-type messages on top in the DA: O forum here.  You should refer to those.