geforce2 gts/k7v/win98/NFSPU

[JPT]

I am aware that this has been discussed over and over again, but till now I only found information for systems running win2k.
I have been running my system (specs below) happily for about a year now with a Elsa TNT2 with absolutely no problems. A couple of months ago I got a Gladiac to replace it, but since I could not get the system stable enough I sent it back. Now I decided to face the problems again and got a GF2 GTS. Formatted the HD, reinstalled win98se, via agp/irq drivers, detonator2/3, directX7/8, NFSPU. Tried most of these combinations, plus enabling/disabling AGP4x/2X. I got to a stage where I can run the standard bench in 3DMark2000, but when I start NFSPU, I get past the sign in screen, and right before getting to the start grid I am sent back to Win98.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

system:
-K7V (bios 1008 C)
-athlon 600@700 - arctic circle / gfd
-128Mb HSDRAM
-Western Digital 20Gb, 7200rpm, UDMA66
-SB Live!value
-Adaptec scsi2 (pci)
-Toshiba DVD 12x - Yamaha cdrw 6416
-CL Geforce2 GTS 32mb OEM

 

[mcbiff]

Try removing the file "gimme.dll" in the game dir. It helped me.

 

[poopaskoopa]

i had a similar problem when the game locked up in the middle of something. i deleted everything in savedata folder and everything worked fine. if you do this though, it'll delete everything you have done in the game up to this point. if this is the cause, like it was for me, saving the folder elsewhere won't help since some of the files in the folder are the culprit.

 

[JPT]

Thanks a lot, guys! I will give it a shot! (I feel like leaving work right now just to check it, but... got... to ... be... strong...)

Thanks!