White screen on Canvas window

I am using Final Cut and have created a small problem.
When viewing playback from the timeline in the canvas window, everything is fine. However, when I pause the playback the canvas window shows a white screen and when I try to move my text around etc, I can see the wireframe moving but I get a little black cross in the top right of the canvas.
Any ideas?

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IF YOU WANT A QUICK SUMMARY, PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM!
Yesterday evening I was running my mac, and though it was running quite hot, it wasn't as much as it has been before, and I wasn't particularly concerned by the temp.
The next thing I know i start to hear a like grinding type of noise, and then some scratching, but it was still running but really jumpily.
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