Cs3 brushes acting up

I spent a whole week making a set of custom brushes and they seemed to be working fine. But the other day, all of the settings were getting screwed up somehow. Whenever I tried to fix them and save the brushes, it would happen all over again. Even with default brushes, they suddenly have settings they're not supposed to have.
My guess is I need to delete a preference file or something, or increase the cache size... I'm at a loss here.
cs3 version 10.0.1
os x 10.5.5
MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz, 4GB Ram

I'm guessing you're pushing the limits of Photoshop with no scratch disc.

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> sorry I'm new.
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>
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