ITE/SATA External HDD

Didn't know where else to post this, so I figured I'd try here.
Is there any way to tell what the type (IDE/ATA or SATA) of external HDD an enclosure is?
I have one that has two FW ports and one USB 2.0 port. I have a SATA HD and would like to use it in the ext. enclosure but I know that you can't connect an IDE/ATA drive to a SATA enclouse and vise versa.
Thanks,
Bob

I have a LaCie external with an unknown drive. In Tiger's Disk Utility I selected the drive (not the volumes) and clicked the "i" (information) button. Included in the information was "Media Name: WDC WD25 00JB-00REA0 Media" I then did a web search for "WDC WD25 00JB-00" and got a single hit which led me to a site that told me this is a Western Digital Caviar IDE 250 GB 8MBbuffer 7500rpm drive, Mfg. Part: WD2500JB. This is not telling me what all the connectors are as such, just that I do at least have an IDE connector in the box.

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