Mass Effect 1 won't let me play due to a regristration code

I just recently got the patch for ME1, and I tried to launch my game. It asked me to put in my regristration code i got from my email or box. So i checked the box and put in that code. Yet for some reason it keeps popping up after I have carefully put in the code several times. Then I tried my email, and I tried to get it verified. But every time I try to verify my email it says "Ah, it seems something went wrong, and we could not verify your email. Please try again!". The codes won't work and i can't play ME1