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Do you have another OS installed on the laptop? If you do, you should be able to get enough information using that OS. If you don't, you can try Knoppix, it's a live OS on a CD. Another way to fix this problem is to use FreeBSD 5.3. This is probably a pretty good idea because the 4.x releases are now LEGACY releases, and the 5.x are now STABLE releases. Another benefit of using FreeBSD 5.3 is that the default X server is Xorg instead of XFree86, and is equipped with automatic configuration for X (although you might have to tweak the configuration a little bit after that).