Looks like a case of too new of a chipset to be supported by OSes.

Download the small Puppy Linux 4.1 bootable CD to see if it recognizes
it, as it came out less than a month ago.
http://puppylinux.com/

8.10 Release Candidate also might be new enough to have the right
drivers for such a bleeding-edge chipset. Blame the chipset
manufacturer, not necessarily the OS.