FCP Not Starting Up on Macbook Pro

So I bought the new Intel Macbook Pro and installed FCP 5.01. But FCP wouldn't start, so I checked the forums and found that it might have been because I didn't upgrade to FCP 5.1 Universal crossgrade. So, I did that, but I'm still not able to get FCP running. Ever since I bought it it has quit on me right after loading the video effects... I have no problem, however, running the rest of FCP Studio applications Motion, DVDSP, etc...
I would appreciate any help with this topic. I've listed my specs in "Other Details".
Thank you in advance.
macbook pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz RAM, FCP 5.1.2, QT 7.1.3

Aha... I fixed it. It was the ole' Trashing of the Preferences, FCP 5 style. Simply found on Ken Stone's site: http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/trashing_fcpprefs.html
Thanks anyway!

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