Comment 4 for bug 191086

Sorry to keep adding more info, but I found my type of PC which is a Compaq Presario 6000EA and located a page that tells me what kind of driver my computer originally had for my sound card...

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=94001&lang=en

Top left reads...

 ADI SoundMax AC97 Audio Driver for Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP

Ok so I read this page after clicking from above link...

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-45392-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=94001&os=228&lang=en

Release Date: 2003-07-26 Version: 5.12.01.3529

Description

This SoftPaq contains the audio driver (NVIDIA chipsets) for the ADI SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio Controller.

NOTES:
# For support of Intel ICH1 chipsets, download SoftPaq SP21180.
# For support of Intel ICH2 or ICH4 chipsets, download SoftPaq SP24482.
# For support of Via686 chipsets, download SoftPaq SP19397.
# For Windows NT 4.0 support, download SoftPaq SP24497.
# For OS2 support, download SoftPaq SP24498
# For support of Linux, visit Alsa for the latest supported drivers

So I visited the Alsa website...

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

So hopefully I am on the right track and maybe there's a driver that suits my needs...

Unless you know exactly what it is I need and how to install it.

Ok I'll shut up now :p