ZR 100, Imovie and the Imac Intel

I bought my Intel Imac when it first came out this year. I also bought a canon ZR100 with it. Ever since then Imovie will crash when the camera is connected through firewire. It doesn't crash automatically, just randomly.
I have tried archiving and installing and that did not help. I have also removed the generic brand extra RAM that I bought, it still crashed. I have also connected an older canon Ultura camcorder and it still crashed.
Today while at the Apple Store, one of the Mac genius's said that I should do an erase and install. Is this neccessary? Should I try replacing the firewire cable? Does Imovie even support the canon ZR 100?
Any suggestions would help.

Erase and install is certainly better than archive and install. Do you have an external hard drive you could do a test install of OS X and iMovie before doing the erase and install?
I don't think compatibility should be an issue the Z100 is just a DV camcorder which uses FireWire to transfer DV to the Mac.
Have you got everything up to date? Have you tried the camcorder on another Mac?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/devices.html

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