You may need to disable it in the bios,it could be confusing alsa,thats what I would do.
Try this first;
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss



To copy and paste the above to your /etc/modules.conf file
put a # infront of your onboard stuff
and run modules-update or
update-modules not sure for mandrake
open a mixer and unmute the sound and try to play something

also I found this on one of the mandrake mailing lists;

> try configureing alsa with harddrake

It's perhaps better to configure it directly with draksound.

.. When booting, do you see the name of the alsa driver when it loads it?

.. Try to use 'aumix' (in multimedia/sound menu) to change the volume level.

.. Edit your /etc/modules.conf to see if there's no bad entry like two
references for your card... (one 'alias' followed by one 'above' is enough
and the 2 snd-... statements should match)

.. Have you installed sndconfig? If so, remove it as it is not needed


Note:
- to see if all is well without having to reboot, you can use this command:
'service alsa restart'.
- To know if the alsa driver is running: 'service alsa status'.

i disabled on board audio, now alsaconf dosnt detect anything

I almost forgot make sure you modprobe first befor alsaconf!!!
I would use urpmi to update alsa-utils and try again,like I said I don't use mandrake and this is one of the reasons.

still nothing

this may or may not work if autodetection isn't working, but...

try alsamixer, and make sure your volumes are up for the type of speakers you're using. You can switch fom digital to analog by pressing 'm' on the appropriate channel.

as for detection, are you using the OEM or retail card? if it's oem, it may have chipset detection issues.

for more info, see the previous postings on "Sound Blaster," "Live 24," etc. (look up my name, too if you wish.)

Hi!
I've got a Sound Blaster live 24bit card.
I have configured it as you wrote down (thank you) but I don't know how can I configure a mixer. Could you help me what to do?
P.S.:I'm sorry the grammatical fails but I'm from Hungary.

For those people who need to know, alsamixer is the default mixer for the alsa software. It can be accessed by typing:

alsamixer

at the command prompt. Navigation in alsamixer is done by the use of keyboard arrows: left and right for choosing a channel, up/down for setting volumes, and 'm' for switching between (muting) digital or analog output. Once suitable settings have been input, pressing the 'ESC' key will exit alsamixer with the current settings.

If need be, settings can be made semi-permanent by logging in as an administrative user (e.g root) and typing:

alsactl store.

To make your settings assuredly permanent, make sure your GUI and/or other programs are not changing these settings when you run them.

Good Luck!