Unable to change default Sound card to ENS1371

[wirechief]

adwebb@Newgpa:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfeab8000 irq 5
1 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xec00, irq 5
dadwebb@Newgpa:~$
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dadwebb@Newgpa:~$ lspci |grep -i audio
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
04:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
I went to the Sound Preferences, changed the choice the ES1371 and did a sound test and it works however when I close the menu it reverts right back to the Nvidia on board sound, how do I rectify this? I only need one sound device and I have other distros that I switch to, Ubuntu and windows.
When I go to http://www.pogo.com and play the slot machine i dont get any sound.

[Husse]

It's been a while since you posted but you might find the solution in this thread in the Ubuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=184483

[Boo]

Try turning off the onboard sound card in the BIOS settings.

Unless you want to use 2 sound cards, then set the onboard SC IRQ manually in the BIOS.