Avid DNxHD crashes FCP

I have recently been editing a sequence in Avid's DNxHD codec on FCP 6.0.4 and am having some render issues. FCP will only render for about 15 seconds or so before crashing, so I have been babysitting every render by hitting "cancel" every 15 seconds, and hitting "render" again. Loads of fun. Then, FCP will not export to Quicktime without crashing. I have to use Quicktime conversion and reapply the same settings which, unfortunately recompresses the whole thing again. Still, the resulting Quicktime looks beautiful and so far, is the only HD codec that our machines can play back in realtime, so I would love to keep using it. One issue of lesser importance is that the exported Quicktime is slightly brighter than it was in FCP. Any input from cross-platform users, codec tweakheads, FCP geniuses or Avid gurus would be much appreciated.
Cheers!

What is your source footage comprised of? Is it also DNxHD or are you using that only as the intermediate and mastering codec.
You might find it a better workflow to edit using ProRes422 as your intermediate ... this is in many ways Apple's version of the DNxHD codec and is certainly going to be much more stable / better supported than using Avid's codec as such . That should alleviate your interm render issues at least, and then you can of course still master out to DNxHD if need be.

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http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/en423319
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