First, make sure that soundcard is set to AUTO in the BIOS.
Then, find & open modprobe.conf in the /etc directory.
Ctrl+A > Backspace (clears ALL text)
Copy this:
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blacklist snd-opl3sa2
alias snd-nm256 snd-sb8
alias snd-card-0 snd-sb8
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-sb8 irq=5 port=0x220 dma8=1
install snd-sb8 /sbin/modprobe snd_seq; /sbin/modprobe snd_opl3_synth; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-sb8 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-sb8 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-sb8
Save & close
Reboot and VIOLA
The volume is not very loud, but there was no sound before. I can now play videos with sound. This is on a 1999 machine with a 366 MHz processor and upgraded to 256 MB RAM.