Question on Serial ATA

[Vitter]

Ok, it looks like my HD went kapoot on me (in regards to the other thread). So, i decided to get a new HD from newegg.

After looking around I decided on getting a Seagate 160gb 7200RPM with SATA interface. I figured I could use it for a few months and then give it to my fiance, then I would get 2 SATA 10000RPM HD's and set them up on a RAID-0 array.

I have a Asus P4C800E-Deluxe MB. According to the manual there are 2 SATA connectors which are labled SATA1 and SATA2. The box came with the cable I need to use.

My question is, how does the HD connect to the MB? Do I just connect a SATA cable from the HD to one of the SATA slots on the MB? Does a SATA HD involve connecting a ribbon into an IDE channel? Do I need to do both?

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the process of hooking up this SATA HD before it arrives from NewEgg.

Thanks