K7N2-L won't boot when CD-ROM installed

I'm assembling a new system:
K7N2-L, Athlon XP 1800+, 48C stabilized in setup
BIOS version W6570MS V5.0 031803 (from CMOS setup)
512MB DDR2700 RAM
Enlight HPC-340 PSU: 3.3V@28A, 5V@30A, 12V@15A, 285W max.
I installed an old hard drive as the Primary master, WD AC38400L, that has Win95 on it from a previous system.  The jumpers on the WD drive are set to "single drive."
With an old Mitsumi 4x CD-R drive as the CD-ROM (Secondary IDE master), it boots fine from the hard disk (the Mitsumi doesn't support El Torito, so I can't test booting from a CD).
With a Sony CDU5211 (on the compatibility list) as the CD-ROM, the system won't boot at all, from CD or HD: I get the "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" message.  The system appears to never try booting from the CD, even if I set that first in the boot order.
I swapped the CDU5211 with a CDU5211 in another machine; both CDU5211's work in the other machine and exhibit the same symptoms in the new one.
Both drives are detected correctly on bootup and in CMOS setup.
I have the boot order set to Floppy, IDE-0, CDROM.
There is no floppy drive in the machine (who needs one, these days?); setting the CMOS settings to reflect that does not change the symptoms.
I tried installing a new Maxtor 40GB (ATA-133) and got the same symptoms.
I'm hoping I have missed something obvious; please illuminate me!  :)
--Barry ([email protected])

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Originally posted by Bonz
Actually Wonka is no incorrect at all...you can dump the jumper out of the drive completely if you aren\'t running master/slave drives...and it doesn\'t matter where you lay the jumpers sideways on any of the pins as I\'ve stuck them wherever I felt like it in the past as long as it wasn\'t vertical and had no issues with the WD drives...
btw comparing apples (MS-6378) and oranges (K7N2G) isn\'t a comparison in my book...two completely different boards and different chipsets...
You gave up a great board...I built what you see below tonight and it booted up and ran like a champ at the get go...burning it in right now and it\'s screaming!!!
Sorry you\'ll miss out on IMHO what is the fastest setup I\'ve seen to date...
Cheers!! 8)
Wonkanoby and I were just saying the same thing in different ways.  He was stating the jumper should be completely removed, and I was just making the point that there is a neutral position for the jumper.  I understand that there is no functional electrical connection with the jumper there, and that it does not matter if the jumper is on those pins or in the trash can.  
My point about using the MS-6378 to test the hard drive and CD-ROM was that it proved there wasn't something wrong with those or with my jumper settings on the drives.  I know it's a completely different board.
I like the specs on the K7N2, so I will probably get another one at some point (when my credit card has recovered).  I just got one with an atypical problem this time.  The discussions here of problems with the onboard LAN were what convinced me to stick with the ASUS A7V333 for now; that, and it was $25 cheaper.  I'm not looking for screaming performance ATM anyway, just something I can use for testing Windows Server 2003.  This is about the 12th computer in my home lab.
--Barry

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