V1.2.1 found my problem - bad RAM!

Question

FCP HD 4.5 QT 7.0.3 Compressor 1.2.1
Bad RAM in my G5 was my problem. I never had the "cannot connect to back ground process" problem just kernel panics message forcing shutdown.
I removed 2x1Gb sticks installed by Apple reseller, so far so good w/ factory 512MB. Importantly, although I hardly stressed the machine in 4 days nothing else crashed - only compressor even on 3min short QT self-contained movies. FCP HD editing for 3-4 hrs = fine, CS fine, Internet, mail, newsreaders etc all okay - just compressor seemed to allocate well into my faulty 2gb sticks.
After a doom & gloom weekend trying to get a client DVD done I am very much relieved my $2,200 purchase is now working and just wanted to post my experience.
I didn't really consider I had a hardware problem. PULL THAT RAM back to factory installed is a must check for unexplained crashes on G5...I knew that too but I took some convincing before removing RAM tonight!
**** I thought I'd never see the back of my trusty G4DP - I think it's earned its place to remain as back-up/server/disc burning machine

Answer 1

Okay, this is weird. I can get around this by setting the 'Select default path for scripts' preference to something other than blank!
I'm wondering if this is because a group policy sets the default homedrive / My Documents folder to something on a network share. Could it be that having this value blank is causing SQL Developer to poll this share, and therefore the network, causing the performance issue?
As it is, setting the value to something on the local drive (C:\) seems to fix it - contrary to what other posts have had to say on the matter of this preference!