Problem with swatches palette in Indesign CS4

Hi all,
Mac G5 dual processor OS 10.4.
I've got a problem with my swatches palette in that the thumbnails that show stroke and fill are always blank, yet the palette still works OK.
I don't know when this started - I am using an old LCD monitor temporarily as mine died and I thought at first that I just couldn't see it properly but I'm not so sure now.
Any thoughts please?
Thanks

Fantastic Peter - thank you. I'm kind of annoyed with myself that I just didn't do this anyway as it's the first thing I tell others to do . . .
My innate laziness is at work again!
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