Ethernet doesn't have valid IP configuration

[brokegamers]

I got this computer from a gas station that was throwing their old ones out and took it home. After I got the adapter for it I booted it up and was running fine but I didn't want all the files and stuff the gas station had on it so I formatted it via the windows settings. Right as I was formatting it, it stopped displaying but would turn on just fine. I restarted and it turned back on normally so I tried to reset it again and it stopped displaying again. After hours of looking around I came to the conclusion that it was the GPu (quadro p600) and removed it, now it's booted up just fine and formatted. 

 

 

However whenever I insert the GPu it goes back to not displaying. I have 3 display ports on the computer and none of them work with the GPu inserted so I said whatever I don't need a gpu. 

 

 

So after I formatted my ethernet stopped connecting. It keeps saying the media device is disconnected in command prompt and when I diagnose it says ethernet doesn't have valid IP configuration. 

 

 

I've tried everything, the commands, restarting, resetting modem and even formatting again. Nothing works. What do I do? I don't have money to fix anything and it's not even worth spending money on this steaming pile of scrap. 

[Eigenvektor]

23 minutes ago, brokegamers said:

Nothing works. What do I do?

Maybe start by providing some hardware details.

 

Is the network card configured to get its IP automatically? Is your router set up to provide DHCP?

 

Of course, if the gas station kicked it out, chances are stuff is simply broken.

[Alex Atkin UK]

45 minutes ago, brokegamers said:

After hours of looking around I came to the conclusion that it was the GPu (quadro p600) and removed it, now it's booted up just fine and formatted.

 

However whenever I insert the GPu it goes back to not displaying. I have 3 display ports on the computer and none of them work with the GPu inserted so I said whatever I don't need a gpu.

Ports on the computer or ports on the GPU?  Its expected that the ports on the computer will usually turn off when a GPU is inserted.

 

45 minutes ago, brokegamers said:

So after I formatted my ethernet stopped connecting. It keeps saying the media device is disconnected in command prompt and when I diagnose it says ethernet doesn't have valid IP configuration.

Have you tried cleaning the ethernet port carefully with isopropyl alcohol?

Also could be its now using an old driver that isnt working correctly.

[brokegamers]

1 hour ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Ports on the computer or ports on the GPU?  Its expected that the ports on the computer will usually turn off when a GPU is inserted.

 

Have you tried cleaning the ethernet port carefully with isopropyl alcohol?

Also could be its now using an old driver that isnt working correc

I'm not worried with the gpu 

 

 

Yes the port is clean, it was running just fine prior to factory resetting

[Alex Atkin UK]

4 minutes ago, brokegamers said:

I'm not worried with the gpu 

 

 

Yes the port is clean, it was running just fine prior to factory resetting

I mean I'd try the obvious, make a USB stick of a current Linux distro and boot from that.  If it works try to figure out and download any newer drivers for Windows from there.

[brokegamers]

7 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I mean I'd try the obvious, make a USB stick of a current Linux distro and boot from that.  If it works try to figure out and download any newer drivers for Windows from there.

What would Linux do for me with my ethernet not working?