Can't boot HDD. "PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM." Error

Hello, and thank you in advance for your help.
My Toshiba Satellite U840 is receiving the following error at startup:
Check cable connection!
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key
I had a Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 (S1) Hard drive which no longer worked (DIsk was making a click, and S.M.A.R.T. said it was bad)
So far I have gotten into setup by holding f2 at startup. The boot tab reads:
1. HDD/SSD (Seagate) ST500LT012-9WS142 (S1) (It's a brand new disk I bought)
2. USB
3. LAN Atheros Boot Agent
I have also tried disconnecting the battery and harddrive and then reconnecting them, it doesn't work. I've tried connecting to the internet directly with a cable and it gives me a DHCP error. At the beginnning, the HDD appeared on the list of hard drives to install Windows 7. It gave a "hardware error" at the end and it didn't let me install it. Then, it asked me to place a RAID 1 disk pressing Ctrl+I with a 30 GB hard drive, and now all I can see is that 30 GB hard drive but I can't even install it there.
I've tried with Hiren's disk. The mini Windows XP doesn't show the HDD. The linux distro does, but when I want to see the partitions, it gives an error on Linux on the whole screen with a bunch of words and it just stays there.

What is the full model and operating system?
What are the Bios settings?
Are you using recovery media or a stand alone install of windows 7 ?
If you are changeing to windows 7 from windows 8 there are Bios changes that need to be done before it will let you boot and it will give you this error.
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Can't boot correctly or resume from sleep Compaq laptop, blinking caps light

Hi everyone, I'd like to know if there's a way to fix this weird problem, my laptop can't boot correctly (it shows the CPU blinking caps error code), and after reseting 4 times or so it boots successfully and it works great after that (never saw a BSOD or hang or anything). I can't also resume the laptop from sleep, it shows the same blinking error code.
I had the same problem like 3 months ago, I replaced the CPU with a new one and it worked without a hassle until now. (The reseting trick didn't work back then, so I guess it's a different problem now). Also since then the laptop never overheated, my CPU is always underclocked at 25% using the Maximum Processor State setting in Windows (it probably isn't underclocked at 25%, more likely at 50% or so, but I can certainly feel the difference because it never got really hot, the CPU reports a temperature of 110F/48C under normal use, and it always feels cool to the touch).
I mean, although the laptop works once I get it to boot, not only it's annoying but also I don't know how long it is gonna work doing like 5 resets every single day.
I've tried the arrow keys trick, pressing the power button without the battery or AC connection, I have also reset the BIOS, it booted correctly the first time (it asked to reset the BIOS settings to default), but afterwards it showed the same behavior.
Please don't waste your time telling me to buy a new motherboard and/or CPU, that would be impractical because it's way more convenient to buy a new laptop in that case.
Thank you very much.

Okay so after like a month or so I found a way to boot it up without problems, it also fixes the sleep problem. So if anyone is having the same problems, try the following: Turn on your laptop pressing the power button for a couple of seconds (just until you see the boot screens) as soon as possible after you connect the AC cable.

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