Quote Originally Posted by Khaotic
Blah, had everything set up properly, but for some reason once I click on "New character" or something, the screen goes black, I can hear the music, but thats it. :/ I can also hear myself clicking on things, changing races, etc.

Any advice?

My graphics card is also fine, so that can't be it.
Do you by any chance use Dial-up? =/

Try switching to "Simplified character creation visuals" in the FFXI configuration menu.