Can I Increase the Volume of a PC-Speaker?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi All: I am in Debian SID, want to make my PC speaker louder. When I get 
new-mail in alpine, I can hardly hear the beep, unlike on a laptop where it 
plays in the sound-card. No amount of searching turns up how or if I can ajust 
this. Sure there is a "beep" command, also setterm where I can ajust a 
length-and-frequency of a beep, but no volume. Can any1 please inform if there 
are ways of doing this? But no I really wouldn't want to re-direct to an actual 
sound-card. Thanks so much in advance.
Chime