[newbies] no sound!

[mike]

I'm currently running RH8 and I can't get the sound to work. I've tried checking the internet for stuff and I've been able to figure out that RH incorrectly detects the sound card (it tries to use the i810_audio module but the specs on my motherboard indicate that it uses the AD1981A codec for sound (as part of 'the audio subsystem for AC '97 processing')). I checked out the ALSA web site and I read somewhere that the rc7 version of the newest download has the correct sound driver for my onboard card. Anywho, I went ahead and downloaded the alsa thingy and I followed the install instructions as best as I could but to no avail (I ran a couple of the scripts, did the 'make install', and then it wanted me to make changes to the /etc/modules.conf file; I tried a couple of things there but it didn't seem to work so I just changed it back to how it was (sure hope I didn't queer anything up)).   I've been trying to figure this sound thing out for quite some time and I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some pointers.   thanks! -mike moore