ess1869 sound card not detected - Compaq Armada 1750

Firstly, my user is in group audio.

lspci -v [1] does not show any detected card and aplay --list-devices [2] shows no devices.

sudo modprobe snd_es18xx gives:
FATAL: Error inserting snd_es18xx (/lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko): No such device

I'm not sure what else I can do.

TIA
Adam

[1]
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Armada 1750 Laptop System Chipset
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
 Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
 Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
 Memory behind bridge: 40000000-410fffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 18000000-180fffff

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
 I/O ports at 2020 [size=16]

0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
 I/O ports at 2000 [size=32]

0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9

0000:00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Armada E500
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
 Memory at 7fffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
 Memory window 0: 10000000-11fff000 (prefetchable)
 Memory window 1: 12000000-13fff000
 I/O window 0: 00002400-000024ff
 I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Armada E500
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
 Memory at 7ffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
 Memory window 0: 14000000-15fff000 (prefetchable)
 Memory window 1: 16000000-17fff000
 I/O window 0: 00002c00-00002cff
 I/O window 1: 00003000-000030ff
 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 (rev dc) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
 Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation 3D Rage LT Pro (Compaq Armada 1750)
 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
 Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
 Memory at 41000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Expansion ROM at 18000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Belkin: Unknown device 701a
 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
 Memory at 12000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
 Capabilities: <available only to root>

[2] aplay: device_list:221: no soundcards found...