Sound Card

Adjust Hardware Acceleration for your Sound Card

You may need to adjust the acceleration for your sound card.

1.  Left-click "start"

2.  Left-click "run"

3.  Type DXDIAG in the box that appears

4.  Click "Ok"

The next panel that should appear is the Directx Diagnostic Tool.

5.  Left-click the "sound" tab

In the center of this screen, you will see an acceleration level.  By default, this level is set to "full".  Left-click and hold down the slider bar and move it until the setting above says "basic".

6.  Click on the "exit" button.

Once you have done this your sound  acceleration will be "basic".