I'll remember that its odd. I had the same motherboard it wouldn't boot red light so i bought a different ryzen. I thought ok its the cpu. So i got myself a ryzen 5 3600 cpu the cpu sit fine even after removing the cooler. The cpu cooler is in my room but the cpu is in the garage in the case it came in and its in the box but it sat for over 2 weeks in garage.
And now when i put the cpu in it goes in the socket ok i checked to make sure it is fully locked in before i put my cooler in and as soon as i start puting it on the cpu with new paste. It just sticks onto the cooler. So i thought its my paste witch i used the cooler master one So i tried a different paste and different cooler the one that came with the cpu as soon as i put it on it it stuck onto the cooler and it wasn't even attached yet to the motherboard.
I had the 2700x cpu when it was working then pc woudn't start up thats when i got the 3600 now i am wondering if the cpu being in the heat so long is causing this? On storm day over a month ago cpu just stooped working but had power with red light still on no display. This is the first time i had the cpu do this to me i built a desktop before so its not my first time. Could my mother be the issue? on the cpu light? motherboard is asus rog strix b450-f.
Just to make sure, it's the
old processor that's getting stuck to the cooler despite being latched, right? Your new processor doesn't do this, just the old one?
If so, as Karadjgne mentioned, it seems to latch the processor by pinching a couple of pins. If your old processor isn't latching in place preventing it from moving its possible the pins the motherboard socket mechanism latches onto may of been broken off.
Check the pins on the processor that's giving you trouble. See if any of them look bent or broken