Imac crash when burning DVD

Hi,
Fairly new to macs, but have been using imovie and idvd for my videos. I'm using imovie to import video from my camcorder via firewire. Create a project in imovie - edit what i need and then export.
I then open idvd and create project and import the movie i made in imovie.
I click to burn to disk, insert the DVD and idvd runs through the encoding stages etc - gets to the burning step, completes the multiplexing and starts burning the disk - and then the mac just turns off. Like someone pulled the plug out the back.
I had this when i first used it - then it burnt 3 or 4 successfully and now i'm back to this again. I'm using Kodak DVD +R disks. From clicking burn to starting the burn to disk takes about 1hr 20 mins.
Any suggetions appreciated.

May be Hardware related. Did your imac ship with a Apple Hardware Test CD by any chance? Mine looks like this:
Click here
If your mac did not include this type of CD, then Restart your mac while holding down the D key and run an Extended Hardware Test. Post the results here so we can look it over.
Also look in the crash log and post those results here also so we can see what's going on with your iMac
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