Rendered clip playback problem

Here's the problem: When I play back a rendered clip it freezes up on my NTSC monitor. In the viewer in Final Cut, it becomes a jumbled mess... lots of gray blocks... very pixely. It doesn't seem to matter what kind of clip it is; Motion file, still pic, etc.... The first time it did it, I deleted my render files for that project, shut everything down and started back up. Everything worked fine... for a while. The problem came back and nothing seems to be helping this time.
I'm running a Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 with Final Cut Studio 2. Any help would be appriciated.
I hope I made a little bit of sense... at this point my brain is fried from trying to figure this thing out. I'm getting close to my project deadline.
Thanks

Thanks for the quick response. You've helped me figure out part of it.
I'm editing on a DV NTSC timeline (footage is from a DVX100A). I just checked and the MOTION clip I used was saved in HD... so that explains that. The other types of clips that I'm having problems with are a still pic that has a little bit of keyframed motion to it (created in FINAL CUT) and some shots that I've slowed down. I've never had any problems with these before. Could the HD clip be affecting these as well?

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