Sound for Alarms much too loud; display in menu shows low setting

Hello,
I'm having a little problem with my MBP C2Duo (10.4.9 German):
I have configured different sound output levels for alarms and other sound (via System-preference). The menu-bar shows that low setting for the general sound output. But in fact: the level of Alarms is almost set to full, even though I set it DIFFERENT in Sound-pref.
I know that it is possible to get different settings (and have them shown accurately in the menu-bar), nevertheless I cannot find a way to reset everything back to basic setup and then configure it right an proper.
A hint Anyone?
Greetings, Rolf
MBP C2D 2.33 GH, 160GB HD, 2GB Ram   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

you could try trashing the system preferences plist file:
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
also try repairing your disk permissions

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