You could also check whether your sound card is compatible with free
software. Take a peek at www.h-node.org.
H-node a hardware database which aims to collect information about how well
various devices like laptops, graphic cards and wifi cards work with free
software. You can use it to find compatible hardware in the future. You can
also contribute by reporting your hardware to it.
If you manage to get your sound card working, please check if the card is
reported as compatible or not and update the device entry if necessary with
all the details about how did you managed to get it to work.
