Hah! I tried the "modprobe it87 force=9191,0x290" method, and basically, it didn't work. The module loaded fine. When I executed 'sensors -s' one of the chips on the motherboard (not the case speaker) started making a continuous beep (hope that makes sense). At such a late hour I did not wait check dmesg or anything and quickly rebooted the system. After rebooting, I decided to listen to some music (with headphones connected to my speakers). When ALSA modules loaded and the sound volume was raised my external speakers (connected to a PCI snd. card through a sub) decided to play the same note (continuous beep). This speaker weirdness didn't stop until I totally powered the system down. The PSU had to be unplugged, and I waited about 30 seconds before powering the system (including the sup+speakers) back up. Only then, this sound never came back again. Note that the speakers made the noise only when the volume was turned up, and all of this is completely reproducible.
