Help Please - DHCP requested but not received - Win XP

[Barny]

Just installed Windows XP Pro. Was running Win98 SE and network worked just fine.
System:
ASUS K7V motherboard latest bios 1007
AMD Athlon 650MHz
Nic cards tried - Dlink DFE-530TX+, Linksys 10/100, USB Netline.

The cards appear to configure OK (recognized and 'working properly' in Device Manager).

To troubleshoot, I connected a laptop and this system to a linksys router (no WAN connection). Opened the Active DHCP table in the router and can see the new XP appear in the table if I repeatedly hit the refresh key while attempting to renew or repair the LAN connection. It shows up for a second then disappears.
So, I know it is requesting an IP from the router and the router is giving it one. But it never acknowledges receiving it! It eventually times out with the APIPA address of 169.254.x.x and the message - " An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection : unable to contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.

I've changed cables, tried the router, another XP machine set up as a router, and even a crossover cable between
the laptop and this machine with static IP configured. Still no joy!

Anyone got something new for me to try? Like I said, it worked with 98SE, and if I reinstall 98SE I know it'll work again. Something to do with XP but I've run out of ideas.

No firewall installed. Cables less than 10'.

Anyone got an idea why this is happening? Some other troubleshooting tricks to try?

Thanks!

 

[Boscoh]

This happens on more than one XP system or just this new one?

Go to a command prompt (Start>Run>cmd) and do the following and see if it helps:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns


After about 10 seconds do an
ipconfig
and see if you have an IP address.

 

[Barny]

Just this XP install. Have installed XP several times (other systems) with no problems.

Ran the 3 ipconfig commands - no change. Still getting the timeout with a 169.254.x.x address.
Also, no errors being logged into the Event Viewer - System log.

 

[Boscoh]

try:
netsh int ip reset ipreset.txt

from the command prompt. It will reset your IP stack and log its actions to ipreset.txt, then try the 3 previous commands I gave you. If that doesnt work, I dont know what else to suggest other than to reinstall XP. Its possible you have a corrupt install.

 

[Boscoh]

Forgot to mention: look in your router's logs and see if there are any errors that are being reported.

 

[Barny]

Update

Tried all of Boscoh's suggestions - no change.

I didn't mention in the first post that this system has an ATI Rage Fury MAXX AGP graphics adapter. But after searching through the archives here and on the internet I found several hits stating this graphics adapter is not a good mix with windows XP.

I swapped it out with an even older 3dfx voodoo3 pci graphics adapter and now everything is working! Why the grahics adapter would interfere with the nic card working is beyond me.

I'm currently downloading all the XP updates and will give it another shot after I've pulled all the latest drivers and such of the internet.

Can anyone comment on what 'might' be going on here?