Answer these alsa troubleshooting questions, please.
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Is a Surround Sound Speaker System plugged into your sound card?
Answer yes or no, answer no if you do not know what a surround sound speaker system is.
Enter your answer here: no there is no external hardware plugged into my laptop at the moment

Have you tried any model options when loading starting alsa?
Answer yes or no, answer no if you do not know what model options are.
Enter your answer here: no, i do not know what model options are

Enter your make and model number for your laptop, desktop or motherboard? [example: aces p9m99-m9].                                  
Enter your answer here: my laptop is a gateway MX6930

What is the total number of jacks that can be plugged into your soundcard? [examples: 0,1,2,3,5,6]
Enter your answer here: i do not know how to find out this information, i will answer when i know how to find out the answer

Number of speakers connected to the sound card? [examples: 0,1,2,6,8,10]
Enter your answer here: I have no external hardware connected to the laptop at the moment and i don't know how to find out the number of speakers that are in the laptop, but i will follow instructions to find out

Are your sound card's speakers powered by a digital receiver?
Answer yes or no, answer no if you do not know what a digital receiver is.                                  
Enter your answer here: no, i don't know what a digital receiver is

Describe your sound problem:  I am trying to make my computer go beep so that I can write a personal notifier in bashscript
Enter you sound problem here: I would like my computer to go 'bing'