how to tell if motherboard is SATA or IDE friendly?

[Willis]

norman wrote:
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>> Look at your mother board and look at the wire connecting the hdd to the 
>> board.  If you have a 40 pin connector, about an inch and a half long. 
>> it is an ide and if it is a small connector, about a half inch in 
>> length, it is sata.  Hope that helps.
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> I trust you meant inch and half wide and not long. Similarly for the
> SATA cable.
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Sorry about that, it is about an inch and a half by i/4 inch and perhaps 
5/16 deep and will have a 40 wire ribbon wire if ide and it is usually a 
round wire with much smaller plugs if sata.