[SLE] v10.1 keeps resetting sound volume between boots

A new install of 10.1 wants to reset the sound volume to the midrange (which I cannot hear). I reset it to maximum in Yast so that I can hear it but when I boot, the volume is at or near the midrange. On sound the only thing that is constant is the I cannot hear it. v9.2 did not do this. Anyone have this problem?