Can't get iPhoto'9 to load photos from camera chip

I can't get my iMac to download photos from the camera chip. The camera chip is a 4GB SD Dane-Elec HC. I am trying to load the photos using an IOGEAR external device.
This method has been working fine when I try to download photos from a 2GB chip of the same name. But with the 4GB chip, nothing happens

Likely the IOGEAR device is not compatible with 4GB (or higher) cards. Try another card reader or read directly out of the camera with the card installed.
Patrick

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Process:         iPhoto [2861]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2 (9.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-626000000000000~2
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
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Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          991556 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           13
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 3459 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   13
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8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x996a2c0a BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
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14 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010ad9 0x1000 + 64217
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