I just found a very nice tutorial about hardware detection, on Linux of course 
With the aid of a few very simple tools, practically all hardware details can be easily discoverd, from outside the box.
source: hardware.newsforge.com/hardware/05/01/25/2034227.shtml?tid=126&tid=125
With the aid of a few very simple tools, practically all hardware details can be easily discoverd, from outside the box.
source: hardware.newsforge.com/hardware/05/01/25/2034227.shtml?tid=126&tid=125