I have an HP laptop with a NeoMagic sound card. When I run sndconfig, the probe correctly identifies the card. sndconfig then warns that there are lockup problems with Dell pcs, and asks whether to continue. You cannot select Yes - if you try, the same warning is displayed.
Fixed in the latest sndconfig in Raw Hide. FWIW, if you have an HP OmniBook, you probably won't want to press 'yes' anyways. ;) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6192 ***