Whenever i try to conjure and atronach of any kind after the spell charges up i release it and nothing happens, my magicka is even restored. Before anyone says anything the cross-hair is not red so it isn't a distance problem.

BTW: I can use bound weapons no problem.

Hmmmm sounds like a new bug. I've heard nothing of the sort before. Does this happen everywhere or only in certain locations? Try using a staff to summon one or raise dead then try again afterwards. Call of Valour shout as well or anything that would otherwise replace an Atronach if you had one summoned already.

it happens everywhere but maybe 1% of the time it will work, it's like the game thinks it's out of range.

just going to try with a staff now.

edit: i tried call of valor and it didn't work, i trying to acquire a staff now.

Its caused by magic absorption. Its a bug.

If you have spell absorbtion as an active effect, that might be your problem. Conjuration spells are considered to be hostile by the game for some reason (an obvious bug) so the magic is absorbed by spell absorption if you have it from say the Atronach stone or the Atronach perk in the alteration tree.

is there a fix?

or do i just go without atronachs

I have same problem. Nope, no fix.

Bethesda does know about it though.

So far the only fix is not to take the Atronach perk in the Alteration tree and pick another standing stone. If you have already taken the Atronach perk, then you will have to go without Atronachs or cast repeatedly until it works. It is a well known bug, so there is some hope it will be fixed in future patches, and if you are on PC, I am sure some modder will fix it at some poitn with an unofficial patch.

Would the 'Ward Absorb' perk in Restoration also trigger this bug ??

I am not sure I never tried it. But I suspect it might. Easy solution to that though would be to drop the ward long enough to cast a summon spell, since the Ward Absorb would only be in effect if you had a ward up.