Final cut pro 7 goes blue screen

Please help help, I'm still using final cut pro 7, last week while I was working on a project the screen turned blue w/white lines, ever since I could not use FCP 7 anymore.. I updated the OS, I even formatted the internal HD, but no success, please help

First troubleshooting step is to rest your fcp preferences.  Here's the best way to do that
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
If you need to reinstall fcp, you need to uninstall it first.  Here's the best way to do that
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/

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