FCP Glitch HEEEELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!

Hello,
i am trying to print to video a 90 minute long sequence. the sequence is not nested from various reels. it is one, long sequence.
randomly, the playback seems to replay clips that aren't there. it decides to suddenly play a clip from earlier on, even when that clip isn't present (and, no, it isn't on a track above). when i match frame and open the source clip, it runs fine, but that clip in the sequence doesn't run properly (it flashes, sometimes up to ten frames) of another clip on my harddrive.
it has also done this with sound from time to time.
the only way i know how to fix this is to open the source file, reimport it to final cut pro, and lay it back in the timeline, but right now i'm trying to export for a screening in the morning and i don't have time to redo all the clips.
does anyone have any thoughts as to why this is happening or how i can fix it?
also, don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but most of the clips that have this glitch have a blueish render bar in the render status line.
all of my media is on an external g-raid harddrive, and i'm running a dual 2.66 with final cut 5.1, 1 gb ram.
please help, thanks.

Hmm... I would suggest trying to make a Self-Contained QuickTime movie of your project using your current settings. This will create a 20 gig video file of your whole project that should be clean to dump back out to tape.
But before you start your computer making a huge file like that, try making a Self-Contained QuickTime movie of a couple of minutes that includes at least one of the known problem areas. Do this by setting In and Out points around the bit you want to render, then go to File>Export>QuickTime Movie and use Current Settings and check Make Movie Self-Contained.
It sounds like the computer is getting confused as it plays through your clips. Not sure why, but hopefully having one clean file to pull from will help. You can then import your movie into a new timeline and Print to Video from there.
~Luke

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