NFSU2 Help needed

[Tan7d]

I have a very strange problem that i didnt read it on the board. The game (with the original .exe and the original disk) crashes on desktop(on even goes to blank screen). The reason that i make here the quation and not on the EA is that the game works with the nocd/fixed .exe (and stops on the load screen in the game). I tried everything. Even I update my latest vga drivers (4.11 now) but nothing. I closed all the background tasks ,even i run it in compatability mode.I also patched the game to 1.1,but nothig. I suspect that has something to do with the protection (because the crack works) but what?
I have an 2800+ in Abit AF-7(n-force2) 512mb RAM and a RADEON 9800PRO on winxpPRO SP2.And the UK version of the game
So i bought the game that doesn't run.I can t even use the mini image because still the game crashes on desktop Any help appreciated. Thx