Thanks. Liking Fedora!
As suggested
sudo gedit /etc/modprob.conf
use:
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
(cleaned out similar options statements)
Works great!
For others sound help in future:
Fedora 8
ASUS W7J notebook
/sbin/lspci
82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 (Driver Version 1.0.15)