Illustrator CS6 click dragging artboard question

Illustrator CS6- When click holding the mouse while holding down the spacebar to move the artboard, it no longer shows the artboard and artwork moving as it did in CS5 & earlier. When I release the mouse the artwork just jumps to where the hand is. Is this a setting that I don't have set correctly? It's not a big deal but it is nice to see where things are moving in relation to the monitor.
Any help is appreciated.

I have been struggeling with this for over 1 month now. This is what I have done, and so far it has worked perfectly for me. (fingers crossed)
I changed my units to pixels under <<Preferences
When I create a new artboard, I use Pixels for the units.
I change the preview mode to <<Pixel instead of <<default
and I check the box that says <<Align New Objects to Pixel Grid
I've been able to create new artboards within an existing document as well with great success.

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