Black image when viewing

Hi, I have a problem viewing a raw file before I open it up in Photoshop cc. Firstly what i do is open PS. Then from file I chose a folder of choice then I press space bar to view the image before opening it. But the image goes completely black. I open it up with no problems in PS, but its the initial viewing before that goes wrong.
any help is great..

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