i dowload the file from intel.com and my board is intel gebv2 pentium 4 board and the sound card is integrated.I install the sound driver but it doesnot produced any sound,and when i run the command from the terminal sndconfig it detect my sound card but when it plays the test sound it produce the following error

/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernal/driver/sound/i810-audio.8;init-module:no such device
/insmod/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernal/driver/sound/i810-audio.0;failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernal/driver/sound/i810-audio.0;(insmode sound-slot-o failed)

it also open the mixer and and volume controles but it does not play any sound

Question 2

how we can recompile the kernal

I have a laptop with the same card. I switched to ALSA and it works great. Go here . This will give you all the info you need.