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Diablo II Technical issue....pls help!

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DalyTek

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I just upgraded my system and am having a problem with Diablo II. 1st, here are my specs:

ECS K7S5A Pro with AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (Thoroughbred)
256MB PC2100 DDR
80GB Maxtor 7200RPM 8MB Cache
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV
Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer

When I start up the game and go to talk to the NPCs in town, they don't talk (no text box or audio speech).
If I go into sound options and put it on Speech only, still nothing.
If I put it on Text only, I do get the text box.
I have all the newest drivers for everything.
Have DirectX 9a and Windows XP Pro.
I get the same issue in Diablo II by itself and with the expansion installed.
Can anyone help with this? I can't figure it out at all....🙁
 
I would recommend backing up your character and reinstalling the game. When in doubt, that will probably fix the problem. What did you upgrade on your system? If it was a processor, you should be fine. If you upgraded the motherboard, I would recommend a format and reinstall of everything to make sure it's nice and clean.

jc
 
So its just an audio problem then. most likely either a audio driver conflict or a damaged music MPQ file.

Easiest thing to do for now is resinstall just LOD. You may try to just copy the audio/music MPQ files from your LOD CD to the D2 folder. You shouldn't need the classic D2 files. I know LOD only uses LOD music but I am not sure about the NPC speech. It probably has it's own since act 5 needs new voices. Try that first. If that doesn't work try reinstalling LOD. Of course look for the easy stuff too like make sure you your game sounds volume is up of course and you should try with both 3d sound on and off.

btw keep your save folder on reinstall if you play single player but for battle.net, you won't need anything locally as the char save information is stored on the server and accessed when you enter your account name and password.
 
I upgraded the motherboard and CPU.
I completely formatted and reinstalled everything, and have uninstalled and reinstalled Diablo II about 3 times.
Same problem every time.
I don't have any saved games right now, as I am starting over.
The weird thing thing is that if I put it on Text and Audio for NPC speech, I don't get either one.
You also cannot hear your character, like "I am overburdened" and such.
Music plays fine, as well as sound effects.
 
I am willing to bet that the ECS motherboard has something to do with the problem. Spend the extra $30 and get a decent motherboard and save yourself the headaches.
 
My old motherboard was the ECS K7S5A and this is the K7S5A Pro. Same chipset, just has USB 2.0.
Yes, onboard sound is disabled.
 
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