• Contact your computer manufacturer or video and sound card manufacturer (if purchased seperately) to find out what version of Direct X their latest drivers support.
• Download and install the version of Direct X they suggested.
• 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 start
• Select Programs
• Select Diablo II
• Click on Video Test

Video Modes supported by Diablo II:

Diablo II supports Glide™ and Direct 3D™ compatible video cards with at least 8MB of video RAM.
Direct 3D™ requires 64 MB of system RAM.
Diablo II's resolution is set at 640x480, while the Battle.net chat interface is set at 800x600.

Skipping Sound:

• Click start, settings, control panel, then double click on Multimedia.
• Make sure "Preferred Device" is set to your sound card.
• 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.