QUOTE(podger @ Jul 6 2009, 10:06 AM)

Martinchris23: The PortIO method was included and intended for use with Via cards. Mainly in light of the situation where users had removed the drivers to overcome the Lite-On-Erase lockup issues. Obviously, without drivers the Hitachi cannot show in windows with a driver letter, so conventional WinApi methods were useless.
Portio will only be available when "Via ports only" is selected AND where the card reports error (code 39) in the device manager, basically the error reported with the drivers removed.
Cheers for the reply Podger - at least that explains why my option is greyed out! I use uniATA drivers instead of VIA ones as PortIO32 doesn't directly support my VIA 6421 PCMCIA card. Is there any way I can force PortIO mode without having error 39 in Device Manager?
This post has been edited by Martinchris23: Jul 6 2009, 10:22 AM