dmesg produced this error
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS..
... ... ...
lots of headaches
... ... ....
And finally,
This was how I made it working.
modprobe -r snd_hda_intel
modprobe snd_hda_intel model=3stack-dig
And it worked.
The first thing I played was
http://www.meronepalma.com/song/425