FC3 Still Hates Me: No Sound

[Dave]

The latest kernel update seems to have had SOME effect.  Sound now works ... 
sort of. If I turn the mixer volume up to 100%, and crank up the physical 
volume control on my speakers, and everybody in the house shuts up, I can 
hear some whisper of sound coming out of the speakers.

OK, that last is an exaggeration. I haven't gagged my family, but the sound IS 
coming out extremely low.