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You'll need to ensure you have an XBow version of at least 1.3 to use the V8 in your system. Also, bear in mind that there's a design flaw in the PCB of the V6/V8 boards that prevents them from using graphics modes with a pixel clock inbetween 109-193MHz. Not sure what modes your monitor is capable of using, but it's something to bear in mind.

I will verify that XBow 1.3 works with V6/V8 but sadly not with V10/V12. You get the initial splash screen, but then it stops working. V10/V12 do require 1.4 XBow.

V10/V12 also for a number of reasons do not work in Origin2000, which is too bad because that would have been sweet and not require XIO slot modification the way SSI/SSE/MXI/MXE does. Ah well, might get a Octane 1.4 FP1 at some point...