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  • Sony Vegas Pro 9 instantly crashes upon import.

    Posted by Tyler Montgomery on February 29, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    I have run Vegas Pro 9 for about a year now and all was well. One day it told me I had a critical error and it needed to be reinstalled. Ive done that before, no big deal. Now, when any media enters the working area and I touch it at all, it freezes then ‘Not Responding’. I have 8gb ram so its not that, unless they went bad; which I doubt, or there is something wrong with my processor.

    I cant think of anything, I could really use some help! thank you

    John Bean replied 14 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • John Bean

    February 29, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Did you update Windows recently? Sometimes a Windows update will screw up some of your apps.

    Are you experiencing similar problems with any other programs? Test with other CPU and memory intensive programs.

    Do a MEMORY TEST to see if your RAM is still good. RAM like every-thing else will wear down with intensive heavy use. If your RAM has some bad sectors, when your system hits any of those bad sectors, things will crash.

    Just some hints to help you out!

  • Tyler Montgomery

    February 29, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    Its had updates for the past couple of days, 1 or 2 here and there. Should I uninstall again and reinstallt to get past the screw ups? I think the ram is fine imo, I can run all my games like normal. No lag, nothing, multiple programs up. Just Vegas is wanting to grind my gears.

  • Tyler Montgomery

    February 29, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    *NOTE*
    Works on 4 year old laptop fine.

    Should I reformat my desktop to get passed this phase?

  • John Bean

    February 29, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Re-installing WINDOWS is a pain in the arse!

    Try this first:
    You should try a CLEAN re-install Sony Vegas Pro 9 using the latest update build available for Vegas Pro 9.

    You can check within Vegas in the HELP menu to find out what build you are currently using. Then check to see if there is a newer build update available for Vegas Pro 9. Click the “Check for Updates” option. Also manually check with the Sony Vegas website for updates.

    Note that Vegas is now on Pro 11 build 594/5, so Pro 9 is *OLD*.

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