CPU damaged by power shortages?

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Could a CPU be damaged due to power shortages and power surges? And what would be the symptoms of it?

My PC keeps on freezing during normal boot but it works perfectly on safe mode. I already checked my RAM,Mobo,HDD,Video card and it's not it.
 
Yes a CPU can get damaged due to power shortages/ power surges, however if a CPU gets damaged most likely your pc won't boot at all so I'd discard that.

Reaching to safe mode indicates it's software related, some driver or program that gets loaded on normal boot is causing the freeze, try running a chkdsk /R on your c: drive while on safe mode, if that doesn't do it try using your OS repair disc.
 


Weird thing is that I already formatted my HDD and changed it to Windows 8. I changed it when I tested all the parts.
 
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This is a picture of my processor. Does the sides of the processor really look like that?