Camera no longer shows as drive in IPhoto

hello,
I have succesfully downloaded over the past 2 years over 4000 photos from my Nikon D50. Now all of a sudden the D50 no longer shows up automatically as a drive in IPhoto when I plug it in, and does not do an automatic updated download. The D50 drive does show up in Finder fine. Anyone have any ideas why this has started happening?
Thanks
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Just an FYI - I solved this myself by backing up all my data and reinstalling Mac OS X 10.4. I suspect my iMac got hit by a very quick and sudden power outage/spike, and despite having an advanced surge protector I think my OS got corrupted slightly. So rinstalling OS X solved it (at recomendatio of local Mac Dealer)

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