Mass Effect 1 2007 CD-Ver

Hello,

I've been tinkering with an old Pentium 4 machine these last days and wanted to install my Mass Effect 1 CD-ver game on it (Running WinXP, 32-bit). 

The problem i'm having is when I try to launch the game, it gives an error message saying:

"The game can not start. The game needs access to the internet in order to verify ownership of this game. Please ensure that your computer is online and try again"

I know for a fact that it is connected to the internet and there is a stable connection, so my only conclusion is that the EA/ME servers for verification has been taken offline. Is there no way to get this game to work on an old XP 32-bit machine?

As far as I know support for EA APP/Origin for 32-bit systems has ended, which also makes it impossible to buy through that storefront.

Now I know I could just install a 64-bit system, but i'm trying to run it on legacy hardware.

Any way to solve the connection/verify issue without having to upgrade to 64-bit?