Can't get past server select.

[Lochrin]

I'm stumped. I am sure I've read every support post, but I cant get past server select.

I have the 5 titanium disks. Installed as directed. No patching occurred. eqhost.txt altered as directed.
Running a duo amd with 2gig ram. geforce 7600. (comp blasts wow on high settings, so eq shouldn't be a problem..). Runfirst installed and setup.

I can login, get server select, pick any one of the servers, and I get the same results each time.. screen blacks up, and no matter how long I patiently wait, it stays blacked , with a small blue line along the bottom (don't know if thats significant but ill mention it) ctrl-alt-del brings up task manager, which shows eq as not responding.

Any suggestions? or link to a post I might have missed on this? It's frustratin me.