Alsa muted on compaq nw8000 laptop

Hi all, 
 
I've just installed version 9.0 PRO and for some reason my sound card  
 
Ive unmuted alsa from within alsamixer and nowhere does it look like it's 
muted. Although i'm getting no sound from it (it's a 82801DB AC'97 Audio 
controller). 
 
The nw8000 has a special button - a mute button which lights red when the 
system is muted and this one keeps being lit - no matter what i do. 
 
I've tried upgrading alsa and downgrading again. Removing the sound card from 
the config (using yast) and "reinstalling" it to no avail ? 
 
Anybody have any pointers ? 
 
Regards 
 
Lasse K. Christiansen