Mac Pro and FCP - Very Unstable

I just purchased the Mac Pro and installed FCP 5.1.2. I have a dual 2.6 Ghz with 2.5 TB external eSATA Raid (using the Sonnet E4P card), Kona LHe Card and 3 GB of RAM.
1. FCP, Quicktime and Shake each unexpectedly quits on playback of video within a few minutes of opening and
2. Video in FCP and Quicktime has blocky (colored lego) defects and corruption.
I suspect this may be the RAID or Quicktime, but this is about the most unstable FCP setup I have ever experienced since FCP 1.0.
Any suggestions? is it my RAID controller card, Quicktime, FCP or something else?
Thanks.

Just found this for Dan - http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/sonnet/e4p/
Scroll down a bit - they recommend using it in an appropriate slot - something else to check ....
oh sorry - that's for a G5
http://www.sonnettech.com/downloads/adapter_sw.html
Have you installed the Serial ATA Firmware Updates/Drivers from Sonnet - specific for the MacPro?
Looks like they're all still in beta ...

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