*** Clips playing white in the timeline

I just received a FCP project file from my editor and when I play it back in the timeline it all plays back white. We have the same source files but he's on the lastest version of FCP 6 while I'm on the latest of FCP 7. Since I'm the one with the higher version and trying to open it, it shouldn't be a problem, so I'm wondering why this is happening. I tried trashing my preferences and also starting a new sequence and copy/pasting the files in but it still plays back funny.
Any suggestions would be greatly welcome!
Thanks in advance.

What monitor setup do you have?
I know that the button is missing on MacBook Pro models but your profile lists a Pro tower.
Let's try something else...
Deleting FCP Preferences:
Open a Finder window. Set the view mode to columns:
Click the house icon that has your name next to it.
Click the folder "Library" in the next column.
Find and click the folder "Preferences" in the next column.
Find and click the folder "Final Cut Pro User Data" in the next column.
Move the files "Final Cut Pro 7.0 Prefs", "Final Cut Pro Obj Cache" and "Final Cut Pro Prof Cache" to the Trash and empty it.
When you have a stable set of preference files, download [Preference Manager|http://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm] to back them up.

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