CS4 Burn/Dodge tools losing parts of the circle?

Hi guys,
I'm sure this is here somewhere, but I cannot find it. (I managed to find discussions in other forums via google, but thought I'd try here since those don't resolve my issue)
Problem:
Burn / Dodge tools losing 3/4 of the circle, leaving only the top-left portion
The tools still work, but it makes it difficult to know where I'm burning or dodging because I cannot see all of the circle of the tool. I've noticed this only happens once I fill a layer or add any sort of texture. I can open a new file and the tool is there in full (tested from 10px up to 100px) but as soon as I do anything, poof.
I'm using Win XP Home SP3, NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GT with the latest drivers (updated this morning). Every solution I've found thus far has been "update your drivers," but that isn't working in my case. Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it.
Chance

There is that... I have Version 11.0 installed. I am currently a college student, and have access to my college's Photoshop Learning/Tutoring Center (online discussions). Posted the same issue to a professor and they said to reset my preference settings back to default (hold ctrl+alt+shift while starting up PS) and so far it's worked. I'm going to get the update for v. 11.0.1 regardless. Thanks!

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