How do I get my CF card to stop unexpectedly ejecting on my new Macbook Pro?

I have two Macs - a 5 year old Mac Pro and a new 15 inch Macbook Pro with Retina display. Both run Mavericks. Both have Photoshop Lightroom 4. I tried importing some photos today using. USB CF card reader today. Thumbnails of the photos came up fine, but every time I tried to get a bigger preview, I'd get a spinning beach all for a couple seconds, then the card would unexpectedly eject. I tried using Mac Preview through the Finder. Same thing. I was able to import photos Through Lightroom 2 put of 3 times I tried, but I only imported a few photos at a time.
If it happens using Finder, it's not Lightroom.
I've been using the same card reader and the same card on my old Mac (also running Mavericks) for over a year. So, it's not the reader or the card.
Any ideas?

Ran more tests. Tried a total of 4 CF cards in the same reader. The 3 Lexar cards all have the same problem. Sandisk card works fine.
Tried the Sandisk  and 2 of the Lexar cards in a very old reader - probably USB 1. All 3 worked.
So, it seems a perfect storm. Change the reader, computer or card reader, and it works. But all 3? Consistently gets ejected. I suppose the cheapest solution is to buy a new reader, as CF cards and computers are both pretty expensive. I can use the old reader, but as I said, it's slooooooooooooooooooow.
If you have an idea that doesn't involve buying something, I'm all ears.

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