Adobe Media Encoder hanging

Premiere Pro CS4
File > Export > Youtube SD > 640x480
Media on C drive > encoding to C drive
After 3 mins, adobe media encoder hangs, elapsed queue time does not move, elapsed time does not move, estimated remaining does not move.
I only have 2 titles in video, no video transitions, and an mp3 audio file i added in.
what should i try?

Jim,
I did a quick small project and it did not hang.
Ever since I overlayed the audio track with my MP3 audio it has been causing issues.
The estimateed remaining time starts at 38:00 then quickly goes down to 13:06 or so, and then it hangs. In the task manager, the processes are still running and under performance PF Usage is 3.38 GB (probably all of the RAM), and CPU at 0%.
I'm gonna let it run for a few hours to see if it moves at all. then if that doesn't work remove the audio and see if that works.
Update:1 hour no movement.
ImporterPrcoessServer.exe 1,060,656 K
PProHeadless.exe 106,616K
Adobe Premiere Pro.exe 33,900K
PhotoshopServer.exe 6,738 K
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