Monitoring sound with Audigy Platinum

I recently dusted off an old Audigy Platinum eX I had bought a few years ago. I installed it on a machine I want to use for digital recording (guitars, vocals, etc) but I cannot seem to be able to get a signal to the computer. I am using the breakout box and the headphone output works fine but when I plug my guitar preamp to the Aux Line 2 inputs I can't seem to get any signal to the computer - the Line/Mic In input on the breakout box broke long ago so I can't even try that. Does anyone know if there's a trick to being able to monitor the signal out of my speakers? I had this working a few months ago when I uninstalled this card from an old computer. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

No comments on this?
Just hoping someone will be able to help me so I can use my audio files once again.
JP

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