I've tried every server with the same results. I'm just extremely confused since I've also done the complete re-install of OS + game, which should clear any issues.
I'm tired of swapping hardware and have to get some sleep but tomorrow hopefully I can swap motherboards, luckily I have 3 DFI Blood Iron's so I don't have to reinstall OS/drivers to get a perfect swap.
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26358
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26353 (resolved through reinstall?)
http://www.scarsofamerous.com/index....pper&Itemid=82
Those are a few showing the same issue.
NIC is onboard but everything else has been functioning just fine (in terms of internet.) It just seems very strange that it connects to server select just fine. I've tried multiple router ports, using the same ethernet cable that works fine on the other PC, I'm at a loss.
Accounts aren't logged on anywhere else, I shut the other PCs down to make sure I wasn't getting an IP filter issue (shouldn't, myself and cousins have run up to 14 accounts simultaneously through the router.)
The only thing I can point to is video drivers, but that doesn't really make sense since it runs other games just fine (Crysis, Oblivion, CoD4, GRID, etc) and it shouldn't load to server select if it isn't going to run completely. I've rolled back the drivers, uninstalled + driver cleaner + reinstalled old ones.
Just very, very strange. I don't think I have any PCI NICs sitting around, never really used any, onboard has always been sufficient.
I have a 9800GX2 coming tomorrow or the next day so I'll be reinstalling Vista 64 for a quad SLI vs. Quadfire review I'm doing, I'll install EQ on that partition, but I'm only borrowing the 790i board so it won't be a long term usable fix, and see if that does any good, but it doesn't look pretty.
Thanks for the help and if any experiencing similar issues would chime in with a fix or ideas, bring it on
