[newbie] sound cards

[chronos]

Hi all-
Question, if I uninstall the drivers and sound card from windows and then 
boot up linux and do a clean install do you think that the sound card will 
work ? Everytime I use drakX it tells me the sound card has already been 
configured. So I figure what do I have to lose except about a half and 
hour. System specs- Gateway 20 gig drive partitioned 10 win98 se and 10 
linux mandrake 7.0 128 ram pent.3 500 mhz sb live sound card and svga video 
card.  Thank you, Chronos.