This is what is at the bottom of alsa-base:
# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2

So you are saying I need to add this afterwards?
options snd-intel8x0 ac97_quirk=hp_only

And then I just do sudo modprobe -a snd_intel8x0 to make it work again??

Also, this is the output from asound/cards and lsmod | grep snd

phunkalicious@optimus:~/ninan-1.0.3$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [ICH6           ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6
                     Intel ICH6 with STAC9750,51 at 0xdffffe00, irq 169
phunkalicious@optimus:~/ninan-1.0.3$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_usb_audio          78784  0
snd_usb_lib            16640  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            25504  1 snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device          8716  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep               9376  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_intel8x0           33692  3
snd_ac97_codec         93088  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2304  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            53664  0
snd_mixer_oss          18688  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                89864  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25220  2 snd_pcm
snd                    55268  14 snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10208  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
usbcore               130692  8 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,hci_usb,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd