Sounds like the scene is SO complex, your computer is actually trying to render just the first line of pixels.

Go into the IBL section and take the QUALITY all the way down to 16 and make sure you don't have soft shadows enabled. This will speed up the rendering and will et you know if the rendering is actually taking place.

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