Finally got myself to update my capture rig to Windows XP SP2 x86 Home Edition, and one by one installed the drivers according to Dell's official instructions(apparently order matters). The only problem I have after installing everything and testing is my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz(TBSC) card.
It gets recognised alright, Turtle Beach's Sound Check utility detects no problems in hardware or software, but when I plug in my headphone or a cheap stereo speaker I get no sound output. My onboard sound card(Sigmatel audio) plays using headphone/the speaker just fine, so my headphone/speaker is working.
The driver I installed for the TBSC card is the v4161 one provided by lordsmurf in another thread. My specific TBSC card was ripped by an eBay seller(probably scammed me, mailed in internationally in an envelope with just one layer of bubble wrap
) from a Dell Dimension 8100.
I tried plugging my headphone/speaker into the Headphone Front, Headphone Rear and VersaJack ports(then changing to the corresponding Speaker Mode in Turtle Beach Control Panel) of the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card, but none seems to give any audio output. I have made sure the TBSC card isn't muted. Am I doing this wrong, or is my card faulty? Thank you all! Apologies for my newbie-ness, I have no experience with sound cards at all, just for context here