Final Cut Pro X STUCK at splash screen

Hi,
I just bought Final Cut Pro X on the App store and it can't seem to get past the splash screen. It doesn't say loading compressor or anything. It just remains blank and seems to not load the program. I can still acess the dropdown menus at the top but nothing is very responsive. I've tried making a new project, bringing all windows to front, reverting to original layout, reinstalling, trashing prefrences and the file in application support. So far nothing as worked.
I'm running a Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon with Snow Leopard version 10.6.8
I would appreciate any help ASAP because I have a deadline on this project I'm working on that is coming up at the end of the weekend.
Thanks,
Evan

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Go to ~/Library/Caches and delete the "com.apple.audiounits.cache" file.
Then launch Logic Pro/Audio Units Manager and rescan all the audio plug-ins.
FCPX should then startup normally.
If you don't have Logic Pro/Audio Units Manager try removing third-party audio plugins at ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components

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