2nd hand hard disk... will it work on my Gigabit Ethernet?

dear all,
I've a chance of getting for a couple of Euro a 40 GB, used Apple internal hd.
All the information I can get is this: Hard Disk IDE 3,5'' Apple 40 Gb,
Seagate, 5400 rpm... will it work on my G4? Also, according to the dealer (found on eBay, but he lives in my town) it comes from a G5 from 2005 (but I guess it was on another machine before then, as I doubt in 2005 Apple had such small hd on a top Power Mac).
I'd use the hd mainly as a spare boot hd in case there are problems with the main one, and allow me to get a cheaper usb 2 external instead of a firewire for the data.
Thanks!

I've emailed the dealer again and he sent me the specs of the G5 the hd was on, it's getting even more "strange" ...
Here's what he sent me (in Italian, but still readable):
PowerPC IBM 970GX (G5)
Power Mac G5 (Aprile 2005)
Presentazione: Aprile, 2005
Dismissione: Ottobre, 2005
Costo: € 1979/€ 2479/€ 2969
CPU: PowerPC 970GX
Frequenza CPU: 2.0Dual / 2.3Dual / 2.7Dual GHz
FPU: Integrata
L1 Cache: 64 KB
L2 Cache: 512 KB 1:1
L3 Cache:
Bus: 1/1.15/1.35 GHz
Slot: 3 PCI
RAM: 512 MB
Memoria: Max 8 GB, 8 slot RAM
VRAM: 128 MB/128 MB/256 MB
Video: ATi Radeon 9600 / ATI Radeon 9650
Audio: Uscita audio a 16 bit stereo
Ingresso audio a 16 bit stereo
Porte: 3 USB 2.0 2 FireWire 1 FireWire 800 DVI, ADC
altoparlante mono
Audio digitale
opzionale AirPort e bluetooth
Comunicazione: Ethernet 10/100/1000, modem 56K
Lettori: SuperDrive dual-layer 16x
Hard Drive: 40/80/160/250/250 GB IDE
Consumo: 500 Watt
Peso: 17.7 Kg
Dimensione: A L P 51 x 22 x 48 cm
Sistema operativo: Mac OS X 10.4
ROM: 1 MB 3 MB caricati in RAM

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