• Contact your computer manufacturer or video and sound card manufacturer (if purchased seperately) to find out what version of DirectX their latest drivers support.
• Download and install the version of Direct X they recommend.
• Run the video test program and use the default setting.
• If problems persist, run the video test program and set the video mode to Direct Draw.

Steps to run the Video Test program to select the video mode:

• Click on the Start Button
• Select Programs
• Select Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Click on Video Test

Video Modes supported by Diablo II Expansion:

Diablo II Expansion supports Glide� and Direct 3D� compatible video cards with at least 8 MB of video RAM.
Direct 3D� requires 64 MB of system RAM.
Diablo II: Lord of Destructions's resolution defaults to 640 x 480, and the Battle.net chat interface is set at 800x600.

Skipping Sound:

• Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click on Multimedia.
• Make sure your sound card is set to be the "Preferred Device."
• Make sure "Use only preferred devices" is checked.

Sounds do not match the character animations in the choose a class menu:

• Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click on Multimedia.
• Make sure "Use only preferred devices" is checked.
• Adding more RAM may also fix this problem.