Clone and wand tool issues

hi,
can anyone help me? i currently have the trial version of Ps CC and everytime i try to use the clone or wand tools my screen goes black and i cant see what im working on but when i stop trying to clone or select the screen reverts back to normal and i can see my image again

Hi thanks for the advice but I'm not sure if it is a card problem, I'm able to use the tools if I run Ps as an admin but if I just open the program normally it doesn't work, I've checked the settings under preferences,performance and they seem fine, I've checked the clone stamp box to see if "display overlay" was ticked but it wasn't, the tools are working now but only if I run as an administrator

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