Drew a blank with my audio device in Xubuntu... (module snd-fm801)

Switched from Windows ME to Xubuntu...
I've been trying all I could for 2 months, but my system is still without audio.
Here's the output of my Terminal shell:
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maria@ubuntu-maria:/usr/bin$ lshw -C sound
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-multimedia
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: Xwave QS3000A [FM801]
       vendor: Fortemedia, Inc
       physical id: b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
       version: b1
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=FM801 latency=64 maxlatency=40 mingnt=4 module=snd_fm801

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And here's my alsa base file:
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# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }

# Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
# Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
# non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
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After posting questions on this forum I edited the "etc/modules" (I used sudo vi)...
Now it looks so:
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 maria@ubuntu-maria:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
fuse
snd-fm801
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I used "sudo alsamixer" and pressed M to change the "MM" under each column in "00"
and the UP-arrow to set the volume at a high level (something like 70%-100%, with more attempts)...
The "PC Speak" column was set by me at 100 (0 dB) at first... now it's at 80 (-9 dB, I can read the output in dB in the row "Item")
Pressed ESC... restarted the system... opened a Terminal window to check if the alsamixer settings had been saved... Ok...

However... after restarting the System, I can't still hear anything!
I also tried adding this line at the end of the alsabase file:

options snd-fm801 index=0

asking to load my ForteMedia Audio801 as default soundcard... No Results!
What more should ɪ tryʔ Anyone knows how to fix this???