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How can I identify my netbook's chipset?

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Mar 15, 20261240 views
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I've purchased a no-name netbook from malasia; and for the last year used Ubuntu on it just fine. I had a little trouble finding the Wireless driver, turns out the RT-3090 one worked. But now I've come back to the dark side; whiped off Linux and installed WindowsXP. And belive it or not; no drivers…

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Boot a live Linux distribution on the laptop somehow - either make a bootable USB stick, or burn a CD and boot fromm that. I would recommend downloading an Ubuntu iso and using the "Try out" mode, or something like Knoppix. Once you have linux runni…

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