Activity Monitor Stops Updating

First post here.. thanks for any help
I've been using OSX Leopard since release, and for some reason Activity Monitor stops updating after a while. Sometimes after 10 minutes or 20 minutes. Then my processes stop updating, including stuff in the process list and any summary info below it such as disk activity, memory activity, etc. I use the floating CPU window as well (cmd-4) which continues to update, but doesn't behave well with Spaces which is another gripe of mine but not the point of this post.
By going and changing the refresh rate, it starts responding again, though it's easier to simply quit and reopen the app. This is a big issue for me as I leave Activity Monitor open 24/7 and having to open/close it constantly throughout the day is bothersome.
Oh, and for my install, I did a fresh install and updated to 10.5.1. I'm on a Dual-quad core 3.0ghz Mac. Many thanks.

I also trashed the plist file and it worked for a little while but then back to the previous behavior which is not refreshing the process table list, or network traffic, or disk activity, the only thing that keeps on refreshing is the CPU history.

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