Very Computer

After installing RH 8 my /etc/modules.conf looked like this:

  > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
  > alias eth0 8139too
  > alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
  > post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > alias sound-slot-1 es1371
  > post-install sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > pre-remove sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > alias usb-controller usb-uhci

I have an audio pci 128 (es1371) sound card as you can see and couldn't
get any sounds.
However, I quoted out the lines that load the via82cxxx module to
sound-slot-0 and changed sound-slot-1 to sound-slot-0 so that
modules.conf looked like this:

  > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
  > alias eth0 8139too
  > ### alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
  > ##post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > ##pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > alias sound-slot-0 es1371
  > post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
  > alias usb-controller usb-uhci

I can now get sounds after rebooting but it sounds a bit scratchy.  Is
there any way I can improve the sound quality.  It sounds much better
under XP.  Would installling the ALSA drivers improve sound qualtiy?

Thanks
James