Possibly damaged CPU?

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I'm still new to PC building and whilst I was removing the USB 3.0 connector (which took a LOT of force), I may have pushed down with considerable force on the CPU cooler (did this on a different motherboard) to help get the connector out, could this have damaged the CPU? I'm using the stock cooler for the Intel Pentium G4560 and my motherboard is the Gigabyte B250-HD3P. The motherboard is currently showing a solid red light near CPU which flickers every 5-ish seconds. I've removed the CPU and tried switching the system on and I get the same solid red light.

Also, a little off topic but will I have to re-apply thermal paste if I've installed the CPU and cooler before but not used the system yet? Both the CPU and cooler are straight out of the box.

Thanks in advance.
 
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DRagor
Nope. If CPU and cooler were properly installed, you could not damage CPU. But you could damage motherboard. Check the CPU socket for any bent pins.
You should apply new thermal paste whenever you separate CPU and heatsink.
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Nope. If CPU and cooler were properly installed, you could not damage CPU. But you could damage motherboard. Check the CPU socket for any bent pins.
You should apply new thermal paste whenever you separate CPU and heatsink.
 
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CPU: Intel Pentium G4560
Motherboard: GA-B250-HD3P
Ram: ADATA XPG Z1 (2x4GB)
SSD/HDD: 1TB WD Blue 3.5" inch Internal Hard Drive (no SSD yet)
GPU: EVGA - GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB SC
PSU: Corsair VS550
Chassis: Zalman Z3 Plus
OS: No OS as of yet but may be Windows 10

The GPU may be a little outdated but this is a newly built system so no OS has been installed yet. Also there is no display coming from the monitor, fans connected to the motherboard do not spin (Case + CPU). Help would be much appreciated.

Update: Power cable was not connected correctly to motherboard.
 
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