From what I have gathered ( I do not personally have one of these boards or SATA), if you have set up SATA in Windows already, there are issues. If this will be a straight Linux system, then some have reported some luck. If you do a search on google and on this forum, you will get some answers.
 
For example, here.
 
Do a search on linux AN7, or Mandrake 10 sata and look at what others have done and their experiences.
 
 
 
 

I've been asking something similar here: http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread28020-1.html
 
And have decided to opt for an ATA drive for the Linux install.

Found another interesting link here.
 
So, if you expect to use the system as Linux only, there should not be a problem.
 
However, as most people do, you already have raid set up in Windows, I would expect some issues.
 
Remember, sata=hardware
 
raid= generally software.
 
So, if you have 2 drives in a raid array, this is the issue.
 
If you are using just one sata drive alone and want to format it for Mandrake, it should work.
 
However, I would opt for the plain ide drive for Linux as well, until full compatability is achieved.