Nice and quick......i have just orderd a new 80 gig hard drive....spec:Manufacturer SAMSUNG
Average latency- 4.17 ms
Average seek time -8.9 ms
Buffer size -2 MB
Bytes per sector -512 bytes
Capacity -80 GB
Dimensions- 4"(W) x 1"(H) x 5.75"(D)
Full stroke seek -18.0 ms
Interface -ATA-6
Mtbf- 500,000 POH
Nonrecoverable read errors per bits read 1 sector in 1014 bits
Operating temperature- 5° C to 55° C
Rotation speed -7200rpm
Start / stop cycles -50,000
Track to track seek time- 0.8 ms
Transfer rates - buffer to disk -840 Mbits/sec
Transfer rates - buffer to host -133MB/sec
Voltage -5Vo+/-5% / 12Vo+/-10%

I think its an IDE connector....can you please confirm that this will connect and work ok on my:Asrock P4i65G Socket 478 ......spec:
Manufacturer ASROCK
Accessories Quick Installation Guide, I/O Shield, Floppy/ATA 100 cables, 1 x SATA data cable, 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable, 1 x COM port bracket, 1 x AMR card
Audio Cmedia 9761A 5.1 channel audio CODEC
Bios features 4Mb AMI BIOS, AMI Legal BIOS, Supports "Plug and Play," ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events, Supports jumperfree, SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Certifications FCC, CE, WHQL
Chipset Northbridge: Intel 865G, Southbridge: Intel ICH5
Connector 2 x Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s connectors, (No Support for "RAID" and "Hot Plug" functions ), 2 x ATA100 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices), 1 x Floppy connector, 1 x IR header, 1 x COM header, CPU/Chassis FAN connectors, 20 pin ATX power connector, 4 pin 12V power connector, CD in header, AUX in header, Front panel audio connector, 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports; 2 of them are shared with USB4_5)
Cpu support Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron D (Prescott, Northwood, Willamate) processors FSB 800/533MHz Supports Hyper-Threading Technology Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Dimensions 24.4 cm x 19.8 cm
Form factor Micro ATX
Hybrid booster CPU Frequency Stepless Control, ASRock U-COP, Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Lan Realtek PCI LAN 8101L, Speed: 10/100 Ethernet, Supports Wake-On-LAN
Memory Dual Channel DDR memory technology, 2 x DDR DIMM slots, Supports DDR400/333/266, Max. capacity: 2GB
Os Microsoft Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant
Rear i/o ports ASRock I/O Plus, 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port, 1 x VGA Port, 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support), 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port, Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Slots 3 x PCI slots, 1 x AGP 8X slot, 1 x AMR slot
Vga Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2, DirectX 8.0, Max. shared memory 64MB

Tahnks!

the board has 2 IDE sockets

2 x ATA100 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)

so the hard drive should be OK

cheers