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I know it depends on what is causing my issue, but in general, would getting a new video card make HUGE differences?

Are the Quadro cards that much better for doing this sort of stuff? Are the quadro cards the “industry standard” for home video work? What is the most important part of the hardware for doing this video work? Is the RAM more important? Is hard drive management the most important hardware choice?

I can read all the specs and numbers, but to simply use CS5 stuff to make a DVD what level of hardware is the “standard?” I know these are broad general questions, but I am looking for general answers.

I can start to evaluate my hardware and try to make necessary changes, but I would like to rule out the free alternatives first. If I can make this work as is by tweaking some settings, or buying a $25 fan, I would like to find that out before purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of upgrades. Or worse, a whole new machine.

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So any ideas on this issue? Looking around on the web for information it seems most likely to be related to heat buildup or hardware issues?

Anyone else experience this problem and get it resolved?

It is a pretty major deal to find “…. something in your hardware is causing the problem….. ” as a POTENTIAL solution to this issue. It is not realistic for me to just start replacing computer hardware to get this to work.

I cleaned up the processes, yanked the side of my computer off and pointed about 19 fans into my box for another test….. found the machine shutdown in the morning once again.

I also am slightly shocked and disappointed that this would be the issue. My computer is nothing great, but it is not a clunker by any means. I have an Intel i7 processor, a nvidia gtx275, 6 gigs of ram. Am I just wrong in thinking this machine can use CS5 and all the working parts (After effects, Premiere, and Encore, dynamic link) to make a DVD?

Answers, direction, or ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thank you..

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Im sorry, I went to make a different post and this material was already populated in the form. I figured there was some strange limit to posting or something and hit submit because i didnt want to edit my first post. Obviously not the case, Sorry for the forum spam.

Thank you for the answers to the first post.

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First off thank you for taking the time to really get into this and answer everything I asked. I do appreciate it very much.

You had recommended reading a book, is there a specific “Bible” for video editing? Any recommendation on what series or specific book people have found to be better than others?

I will have to take the time to go through all of the Adobe TV episodes also, I am sure a lot of questions are answered there as well. Thank you for that heads up.