crashing on game entry

[Saylene]

I download the game, executed the p99 patch, and deleted the necessary files.

I get into the launcher, select the blue server ( scars of velious ) and enter world

so it black screens, then tries to change resolutions ( as always )
then boots me back to the server select screen.

I've played this game before, but the only solution I found was to "slow my computer down " in the bios.
Last time I played this game ( about 6 months ago ) it gave me some error, read up on it, and that was the solution. this time, I'm getting no error, just booted back to server select screen.

was hoping WinEQ2 would bypass and fix that, but it didn't.

any ideas of how I can play this game without rolling my speed down?

thx