Hardware detection in ubuntu

[champ_rock]

i have got a 450 mhz p-3 128 mb ram, 40gb hdd..... and a INTEL MOTHERBOARD..... i wanted to know will ubuntu detect my hardware as i have no drivers with me?????????????????????????????????????????????mai n thing is that my motherboard is kninda different from others........... even engineers dont know how to operate it ??//it was a rare elite kind of a motherboard in its days??????? will ubuntu detect it?????????????

[hashimoto]

Why not try the live CD? It won't change anything on your machine and you will see if your board gets detected. Be warned though: running Ubuntu off a CD is a slow and your thing is not a rocket, but at least you would see if there are any problems.