Asus P9X79 Not posting, no video, red cpu LED

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So I just finished building my computer.
Specs:
Asus P9X79 Motherboard
Core i7 4930k
4x4 G.Skill Sniper 2400 RAM
XFX Radeon HD 6870
XFX XTR 750W PSU
Noctua NH D14

So I connected every cable step by step with organization then took the tower and put it in its place and connected all the peripherals. I tried turning it on (and it turned on) but, there was no video nothing. I tried restarting multiple times and then finally checked inside to find that there was no power going to the motherboard for some reason even thought the 24 pin connector was plugged in. The culprit turned out to be on the side of the PSU and it must've come out in the mess of all the other cables. After reconnection, I tried turning it on again and it turned on. Just as I'm putting the side of the case back on, I heard a loud beep. Then another loud beep and I see a red LED on by the cpu. I look at the screen and its booting up. I go into bios for setup and I see some message about CPU fans or something of the sort. I decided to look into it and see if that could be fixed in the bios, but then all of a sudden my computer shut down. I tried turning it on again and checked to see if any cables had been disconnected. Nope. So I looked online for some help. I found that maybe its the bios so I followed the instructions and flashed the latest bios via my USB. The blue light was flashing for quite sometime and then finally turned off. I tried the computer again, but no mayo. I flashed again and tried turning it on, but no luck with post again. Please advise.

TL;DR Tried turning on, no luck, cable was disconnected. Plugged it in. 2 loud beeps and red led. message about cpu fan or something of the sort. Checked the bios to see if I could fix. Computer shuts down. I try turning on. No luck. Google. Bios flash. Turn on. No luck. Repeat bios flash. Turn on No luck!

Thanks in Advance!
 
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So at the top end of the motherboard theres a header for the cpu fan as well as an optional one next to it. I plugged in the cpu fans there
 
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So I decided to bring down my computer and open it up to see if there were any hardware issues concerning the cpu. I removed the heatsink and cpu to find that 1 of the pins on the cpu socket on the motherboard had been bent all the way back. I looked online to see if I, myself would be able to realign or bend back the pin and most people noted that it was possible using the right tools. I found some needles, a tweezer, and a led pencil. I used the needles to bend the pin upright then used the led pencil tip and tweezers to realign the pin. It wasn't perfect, but it seemed to be in the area that it should be in. I tested the board with the cpu and the light was gone! No cpu led! Other LEDs were on though so I tested by putting back the other components and voila.

TL;DR: problem was bent pin cpu socket. Bent it back. Works!
 
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