sata motherboards, are they also udma compatible?

[Neal Laxman]

Having recently bought a new 300gig sata seagate barracuda hard drive, then discovering my motherboard does not have sata connectors. I am wondering whether if i buy a new sata compatible motherboard, will i also be able to plug in my old udma drive?

Thank you in advance

[Raptor]

If the new mainboard has an IDE connector, you will most certainly be able to connect IDE devices.