Too much XDCAM EX clips on Premiere CS4

Hi,
I've problems working with XDCAM EX clips.
I am working with a timeline 1080i 50i XDCAM EX (SP) and when the project is over a hundred clips,
Premier Pro CS4 crashes every time I try to edit a clip.
What's the matter?
The configuration of my PC is as follows:
Motherboard: Asus P6T
CPU: Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67GHz
Grapicboard: Ati Radeon HD 5700  1Gb video RAM
RAM: 12Gb
HardDisk
OS disk: 300Gb SataII
Project Disk: 2 Disk Raid 0
Scratch Disk: 2 Disk Raid 0
Software: Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Editing: Premiere Pro CS4 4.2.1
Thanks

So here is what I did.   I have a JVC hm700 but I use the sony clip browser.  When recording longer XDCAM EX footage the camera breaks it up into smaller clips (in the BVAP/clips/clipname_01... clipname_02 ext).  When you import them into premiere it appears to be one clip.
What I did was take all of the mp4s out of their folders and created an orphan folder. 
Then I opened up sony clip browser and imported the files into a new folder.
When it imports the files it creates new xml data and my 1:20:00 clip is now 7 clips. 
When I import them into premier they import as 7 clips instead of one... they conform, a clip thumbnail appears....AND they PLAY IN THE TIMELINE!!! 
Just line them up and they play seemlessly
It is a pain and a long process... especially on a 4 camera shoot that lasted 2 hrs.

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