Mystery freak out in background render (FCPX) on new Mac Pro

Just migrated to new computer - background render numbers flying out of control. When we open backgroud tasks - nothing shows up. We edit for about 20 minutes, entire computer freezes. Contacted Apple support, re-installed FCP. Still happening. Anyone else have this problem or clues as to why this is happening?

No idea but try these general FCP X trouble-shooting suggestions.
Use this free app to trash the preferences. This should be the first thing you do when any problems occur.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
2. Open Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
3. Trash FCP X using this free app and reinstall it.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
If these 3 measures don't work, create a new User Account (Admin) in System Preferences and try running FCP X from that as it sometimes works miracles.

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