I had the same problem last day, I reinstalled a new computer and the game freeze just at startup.
I was using same video card and sound card etc.
Try this, reboot enter your bios (f2 or del key)
go to Chipset Feature setup and set AGP mode to 2x.
doing this debuged me.
You can also try this to see if you computer freeze, using Dxdiag under window/system32
it this the directx diagnostic. go to screen and click the direct3d. It freeze my computer when I was in AGP 4x provind me taht that was not eternal land client that was bugged.
Hope it as help you. give me news.
I did that and nothing changed. I have great RAM, great graphics, great memory. I have no idea what could be causing this problem. The game now allows me to get in-game but as soon as I get in-game it freezes and my screen goes black (not idle anymore) and then I have to restart my computer. What could be causing this? Should I just get a new graphics card?