Mad squares

Hi
I am editing a HD film using 108050i footage from an external harddrive that in using a 400 fire wire. when rendering the film mad squares seem to appear on some of the footage. These squares do not appear on the original imported footage.
can anyone help as this is driving me mad now
thanks sam

What are "mad squares?" Can you post a screen shot? Also, which of the many types of HD are you working with? HDV?
-DH

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