Sound on Gateway 4542

[Jim Moore <j9916moore@bellsouth.net>]

I can't get sound to work on this laptop. Have followed the tutorial 
from the debian site--http://www.debiantutorials.org/content/view/161/211/

Have done the alsoconfig.
Alsa opens from the command line, but no sound.
Have searched around and it seems sound is problematical on Gateway 
4542. Have tried muting ext amp, earphone and making sure Master and PCM 
are up at 90% but still can't get sound.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Jim