Dropped Frames Detected Error in CS4

I'm using a Blackmagic Design Decklink Studio video capture card. I can view and hear my content through the card. I am able to capture the video with no issues.  The moment I move the captured clips into the timeline for edit and attempt to play it, Dropped Frames error kicks in. The error tells me to check the disk speed.
Any thoughts?

The system has two 1.5 TB drives @ 7200 RPM. I only configured the system to primarily use one since the video I was capturing in HD was no more than 2 hours. I ran a disk test supplied with the card and the info procedes:
Disk Read: 117.5 MB/s     Disk Write: 117.5 MB/s
8bit YUV 4:2:2
HDTV 1080 fps     Read 29     Write 29
The video I am capturing is 1080i @ 59.94. My next step is to call the video capture manufacture but I just wanted to check it out here first.

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