strange sound/no sound in fedora core 2

hi,
i have installed fedora core 2, and getting a very strange sound. (like a motorbike)
sound card detected but cannot hear test sound.
have via technologies, VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller.
alsaconf not working, no such file or directory.
alsamixer: all volumes full, no mute...
tried various combinations to mute some bars.

lsmod |grep snd
snd_pcm_oss 40740 0
snd_mixer_oss 13824 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx 19104 4
snd_pcm 68872 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx
snd_timer 17156 1 snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec 50436 1 snd_via82xx
snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
gameport 3328 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 38372 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,s
nd_seq_device
soundcore 6112 3 snd


lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01)


if anything else is required, tell me.
i am new to linux but trying to learn it!!!
please help...

thanks in advance....

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amd athlon 2100+, 512 mb ram, 8 gb hard disk

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