Mac locks up when trying to resize a smart object

I'm building a poster with many layers using CS4 and an iMac and I keep running into 1 major problem.
I want to resize one of the layers, so I converted it into a smart object and then hit commant-t to be able to resize it. At this point my computer locks up. I get the spinning wheel and lose all control of my computer.
Can't figure out what the problem is, and the I have to shutdown the computer to regain control.
Any advice?

As with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems You might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences You’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.
System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, etc.) might also be beneficial.

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