Operando sob a suposição de que você conectou os dois PCs com um cabo cross-over corretamente construído ou pelo menos um dos dispositivos suporta Auto-MDIX , só consigo pensar em dois motivos pelos quais isso pode ocorrer.
A) Solicitações de eco ICMP bloqueadas na porta 7 via firewall
B) A NIC do PC1 está com defeito (tanto o transmissor quanto o receptor falharam) e deve ser substituída.
Nota:
auto MDI-X is within the 1000BASE-T standard and also developed patented algorithms for "forced mode auto MDI-X" which allow a link to be automatically established even if the port does not auto-negotiate. This may or may not be implemented on a given device, so occasionally a crossover cable may still be necessary when connecting auto MDI-X to MDI-X (hub or switch), especially when auto-negotiation is deactivated.
Newer routers, hubs and switches (including some 10/100, and all 1 gigabit or 10 gigabit devices in practice) use auto MDI-X for 10/100 Mbit connections to automatically switch to the proper configuration once a cable is connected.
Gigabit and faster Ethernet links over twisted pair cable use all four cable pairs for simultaneous transmission in both directions. For this reason, there are no dedicated transmit and receive pairs, and consequently, crossover cables are never required for 1000BASE-T communication. The physical medium attachment sublayer (PMA) provides identification of each pair and usually continues to work even over cables where the pairs are unusually swapped or crossed
Assumindo que com o wireshark você vê pacotes nos dois sentidos no PC2 e NÃO no PC1, e sem mais detalhes sobre o hardware em uso, meu melhor palpite é B). Espero que isso ajude.