I've been getting this kind of thing too and I know how you feel about kicking a little program's ass. lol 8) I don't think it's a matter of what ram you use or anything else related to what components are in your box. All other 3D software I use on the same machine works fine so it's definately a glitch with 5.5. I just hope that when DAZ get Br6 out they'll give a discount to all us beta testers who had so many problems with Br5.5. Catlin