CDROM shows in slave?

[xeonzx86]

my cdrom is connected in secondary master, but it still shows as slave..........jumper is correctly inserted.....wat could be the problem.? other than a HDD on primary master no other device is connected to ide channels

system specs:
athlon 2000
a7n266
DDR266(2100)
20 GB samsung(ata100) connected on primary master

 

[sivart]

can you describe the exact jumping setting and position on the IDE Cable? (Maybe you have CS selected and on the middle connector on the secondary IDE cable?)

 

[xeonzx86]

no it is not connected in the middle position of the cable, i checked up user manual of my cdrom....jumper is connected on master only.... driver is also brand new...