Try turning your sound hardware acceleration down (Start | Run, type in 'dxdiag' and switch to the sound tab).
BTW, if you had any problem with the video test and Direct 3D (conflict with some Radeon cards/drivers), you can just skip the test; the game itself runs fine in that video mode.
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