Edited photo goes black!

Hi!
I can't find any solution in the web..... somebody can help?
It happens with not all the photos, it's randomly, mostly in raw but in JPG too.
Sometimes, when I edit some adjustment (anything) in some photo, and with the photo maximized (in window or full screen mode, it's the same), the photo goes completely black!. And after that happens, any photo that I open it looks completely black. If I close the photo and see in the small browser it looks ok, but anytime I maximize the photo (or any other one after that) looks black.
But, if I close the Aperture and open again, it works ok and the photo has the adjustments ok and i can use it in anyway and all the photos. Until te next time, if it happens again, with that or another photo. And then I close Aperture and open again and continue working.
So, it looks like a representation in the screen problem. It doesn't affect the image file. It's some kind of rendering problem with the image in big size.
Any idea ????
Of course, I tried rebuilding the library, etc.
And I have a Macbook Pro 13 Early 2011 (Intel HD 3000), with latest Mac OS X 10.9.3 (13D65), latest updates of everything, and latest Aperture 3.5.1
Thanks!

Good morning.
It sound like there may be something happening within the iPhoto database that is causing some issues. Fortunately, we have an article that goes over how to rebuild that library. I would reccomned following the steps listed in the article below.
iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2638
Hope that helps,
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