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Randy Johnson · January 4th, 2010, 12:15 AM

I am having a weird problem, I have CS 4 on my laptop last week Premiere started to crash when I try and open a sequence. Even a new one. for instance I start a new project then I start a new sequence then I double click on the sequence to open the timeline and I get the " Premiere quit un expectedly) error. I re-installed CS 4 and everything. If I leave Premiere at 4.0 it seems to work but if I apply any updates it doesnt. Any ideas???

Pete Cofrancesco · January 4th, 2010, 04:22 PM

I had crash related problems that were the result of not having the latest video driver installed.

Brian Parker · January 5th, 2010, 09:53 AM

dynamically linked scenes can be a major instability if you have too many, or they are too long.

Steve Kalle · January 5th, 2010, 02:07 PM

How much space is available on the hard drive partitions?

Delete the files in Premiere's Media Cache folder. If there isnt much space available on the drive holding the Media Cache, Premiere doesn't work properly.

If that doesn't fix it, then what software has been installed in the last few weeks?

Randy Johnson · January 16th, 2010, 10:04 PM

Thanks for the replys. I just had to do a reinstall of Windows. It was weird it would crash on any timeline new or otherwise even after re-installing CS4. A re-install of Windows then CS4 did it.

William Ellwood · January 21st, 2010, 05:30 AM

I can a constant crashing problem with CS4 and nothing else. I tested the memory dimms one dimm at a time and found a faulty one. Crashes over now.

January 4th, 2010, 12:15 AM	#1
Randy Johnson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Newark, Delaware Posts: 1,067	Premiere CS 4 crashes I am having a weird problem, I have CS 4 on my laptop last week Premiere started to crash when I try and open a sequence. Even a new one. for instance I start a new project then I start a new sequence then I double click on the sequence to open the timeline and I get the " Premiere quit un expectedly) error. I re-installed CS 4 and everything. If I leave Premiere at 4.0 it seems to work but if I apply any updates it doesnt. Any ideas???

January 21st, 2010, 05:30 AM	#6
William Ellwood Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Consett UK Posts: 110	I can a constant crashing problem with CS4 and nothing else. I tested the memory dimms one dimm at a time and found a faulty one. Crashes over now. __________________ Billy Ellwood is on Vimeo. Film club www.newcastleaca.co.uk i7 7700k, Asus z270f, 32gb ram, Windows 10, Premiere CS6.

January 4th, 2010, 04:22 PM	#2
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,005	I had crash related problems that were the result of not having the latest video driver installed.

January 5th, 2010, 09:53 AM	#3
Brian Parker Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo Posts: 230	dynamically linked scenes can be a major instability if you have too many, or they are too long.

January 5th, 2010, 02:07 PM	#4
Steve Kalle Trustee Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,554	How much space is available on the hard drive partitions? Delete the files in Premiere's Media Cache folder. If there isnt much space available on the drive holding the Media Cache, Premiere doesn't work properly. If that doesn't fix it, then what software has been installed in the last few weeks?

January 16th, 2010, 10:04 PM	#5
Randy Johnson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Newark, Delaware Posts: 1,067	Thanks for the replys. I just had to do a reinstall of Windows. It was weird it would crash on any timeline new or otherwise even after re-installing CS4. A re-install of Windows then CS4 did it.