XP not grabbing an IP off ISP

[Big Weapons]

First of all, I am on a college campus apartment, but it is served via a private ISP (not run by the university). I am not behind a router or anything, just a socket behind a wall that I assume connects to a hub somewhere in the building downstairs.

Anyway, my laptop is able to grab an IP off the network while my desktop isn't. Desktop has a new motherboard, fresh XP SP3 install, a second PCI NIC, and I've tried multiple cables. I've also tried manually configuring the TCP/IP settings to no avail. It does grab a 169.254.x.x IP.

Here is the ipconfig /all off my laptop:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-5F-0B-5E
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.6.27.146
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.6.27.145
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.6.27.145
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.26
                                            4.2.2.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:00:07AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:00:07AM

[Big Weapons]

Nevermind, I was able to run it with a static IP.

[mikeL]

Your NIC is up and running in Device Manager, no X, or "Yellow" ! showing for your NIC
Have you tried a
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
on the desktop, restarting the desktop.