[TriLUG] sound card problems

[Barry Ruvio]

After installing a newer kernel on my Suse 7.1 system, I am unable to 
make the sound card work again. I even went back to the old kernel and 
it still won't work. Here's the output from /var/log/messages:
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
inet6_ifa_finish_destroy
inet6_ifa_finish_destroy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy
snd: card 3 is out of range (0-0)
snd: Yamaha DS-XG PCI soundcard not found or device busy

I tried using alsaconfig and it has trouble  too.
After detecting the  sound card correctly, it asks if it should write to 
/etc/modules.conf.
I say ok, then  it says it will prepare the card for playing.
Here are the errors from that:Loading driver:
Starting sound driver: snd-card-ymfpci 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: No such 
deviceHint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod snd-card-ymfpci failed
                                                                        
                              done
Starting sound driver: snd-card-ymfpci 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: No such 
deviceHint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod snd-card-ymfpci failed
                                                                        
                              done
Starting sound driver: snd-card-ymfpci 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: No such 
deviceHint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod snd-card-ymfpci failed
                                                                        
                              done
Starting sound driver: snd-card-ymfpci 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: No such 
deviceHint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: insmod snd-card-ymfpci failed
                                                                        
                              done
Setting the PCM volume to 100% and the Master output volume to 80%
The ALSA sound driver was not detected in this system.
Could not initialize the mixer, the card was probably
not detected correctly.

I would appreciate any tips  on how to troubleshoot this problem.
Thanks,
Barry