CS 4 Photomerge results in no image !

I am running OS 10.5.6 with CS4 2,8 gig Macbook Pro with 120gig scratch disk and 4 gig ram
I'm trying to merge 6 700-800 KB sized images which with a machine like I have should be done in seconds...well it seems to be working just fine but the result is NO IMAGE !
I've read several other posts on this but no actual answer.....
Any solutions for this yet ?

I have this exact same issue using Merge to HDR: CS4 will start opening the layers, aligning, merging, etc; the progress bar will be going, and I'll step away for a minute to do something while I wait. When I come back NOTHING: no result, no error, no layers, no current document - Photoshop is blank. ARG!
The issue seems random.
It has failed AND worked on the exact same set of photos (and yes, I'm using photos that have true, different exposures).
It has failed AND worked under all the following scenarios:
Lightroom > (right-click) Edit > Merge to HDR in Photoshop
Bridge > Tools > Merge to HDR in Photoshop
Photoshop > File > Automate > Merge to HDR
This is extremely frustrating. I never know when I kick off a merge if it will finish or not, and it fails roughly 60% of the time after all that waiting. I'm running Photoshop CS4 Ext on Windows XP Pro trying to merge raw NEF files.
Anyone else seeing the same thing? Anyone figure anything out?

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