I don't know the exact cause of your problem, and you didn't mention the
platform you are using.
Although your crashing is probably not caused by this, I would suggest
you remove Insight 5.0 and upgrade to version 5.5, which has a few extra
features (it is available on Polaroid's website). Also
You didn't give much detail, only that you have plenty of ram and disk, but
what platform are you on, what version of what OS, etc.
Having asked that I would seriously suggest that you consider VueScan. I
use it with my SS4000 and prefer it over Insight and Silverfast. You might
also go on the
