Legend has achieved both national and international success after it rolled out its Advance10 series from the beginning of the year. Then Legend sustained this momentum and rolled out Advance10E. Now Legend makes another contribution for high-end users by making available another "ace" performer--Advance10B.

Like the Advance10E model the Advance10B adopts VIA 694X chipset, which fully supports FC-PGA PIII, CELERON CPU and VIA CYRIX III processors of the Socket 370 architecture. It also supports AGP 4X display card with an AGP slot. It simultaneously supports STR technology, PC 133 SDRAM and ATA66 etc. The QDI has 5 on-board PCI slots, 1 ISA slot and 1 ATR slot. It also has built-in AC 97 CODEC sound decoder, which saves the buyer the cost of a sound card. Additionally, it has reserved one ISA slot to meet the demand of some users. This improves the QDI's compatibility.

What make the Advance 10B different from the others is that it adopts VIA 686B to replace 686A which is used in other Advance10 series products. 686B supports the latest ATA100 HDD transmission mode, which provides 100 MB/S transmission speed for hard discs. This design appeals to users who have higher demands for QDI performance.

It is known that hard disc transmission speed has developed from ATA33 to ATA66. Now ATA100 has made its debut. Major chip manufacturers have introduced new chipsets to synchronize with the hard disc transmission speed increase. Intel had once rolled out the BX and TX chipsets that support ATA33, the 810 chipset that supports ATA66 as well as the 815E chipset that supports ATA100. After the 694X-686A combination, which support ATA66, the ever popular VIA company has rolled out the combination of 694X-686B that supports ATA100. Advance10B uses that the VIA 694X-686B chipset combination.

Compared with ATA66, ATA100 is able to perform data transmission at a higher and thus faster speed, which will alleviate the load on the hard disc data cache while the CRC technology further improves reliability and integrity of hard disc data transmission. Secondly, ATA66 and ATA100 use the cables of the same specifications, namely 40-pin cables. Thus when users upgrade from ATA66 to ATA100, they only need to invest on the hard disc itself. No other expenses will be necessary. Additionally, the prices of ATA66 hard discs are basically the same compared to the prices of ATA100 hard discs with only a slight difference. As a result, it is obviously wise to choose ATA100. Major hard disc suppliers of the world, such as IBM, Seagate and Quantum all put their focus on ATA100 for long-term development consideration. Similarly, Legend has rolled out the Advance10B in answer to user demand as well as in pace with technology development.

The Advance10B has inherited many advantages of the Advance10E. It fully complies with the VRM8.4 specifications, which are established by Intel addressing the transition towards Coppermine kernel. It can effectively protect the CPU and extends its life. It supports high frequency CPUs and more powerful fans. It improves system stability and security. It also improves the compatibility with AGP adapters in that it supports most AGP adapters in the market. Advance10B also adopts Legend's patented technologies--the big five "Easy" technologies which are RecoveryEasy, ProtectEasy, the well-known SpeedEasy, ManageEasy and LogoEasy technologies.

The Advance10B is a powerful all-in-one QDI mainboard from Legend. Its especially outstanding ATA100 support will provide users with astonishing hard disc data transmission interfaces. If you wish to possess a more stable, more secure and more functional mainboard then the QDI Advance10B will be the right choice.