Help on motherboard

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SATA is just a type of ATA standard connection. The S standing for Serial. You may also see PATA, with the P meaning Parallel.

If you're curious, the cable type is extremely easy to identify by looking at it. SATA is is quite small and flat, PATA is very wide and ribbon like.
 

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Assuming the ATA in question uses a SATA connection, then yes, it will work. The board supports SATA III, but that's fully backwards compatible if you have an older SATA type.