Monitors forget the colour profile

After my monitors wake up, they switch back to default colour profiles. I have a ViewSonic VE710b booked up to a MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz.
To fix the problem all I have to do is open Display Preferences and they both switch back to the previously used profiles, making them both look as they should. Without changing anything, I then quit Display Preferences and the monitors are fine. Until they go back to sleep again.
How can I make sure Energy Saver doesn't reset the Colour Profiles?

I have been having this problem for a few weeks now. I think that it may have started with 10.5.6. I am STILL having the problem with 10.5.7.
I have three monitors and pretty much every time the screen's come back on after a screen goes to sleep (not the computer) one of the three (usually the middle one) has forgotten the color profile. I profiled the monitors again and it still happens. Note that this worked fine until recently. I have not made any hardware changes.
This is becoming VERY annoying. I am have to go to System Preferences > Displays over and over and over during the day to reset the profiles. Note that simply loading the Displays page fixes the problem. You don't actually have to select a color profile.
Any advice?
Thanks!
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