I got my sound to work.....

[Nathan Aubrey]

1) Boot computer
2) Run alsaconfig and set your levels to your liking
3) run 'alsactl store' to save your levels
4) add 'alsactl restore' to your /etc/rc.local 

Everytime you boot after that, it will load your settings.
And if you add 'alsactl store' to your /etc/rc.shutdown script it will load on 
boot what ever your previous settings were last time you ran the computer!