IPhoto black boxes

Just updated to IOS5 on my iPad. Upon syncing the iPad several black boxes in lieu of phtos appear in Photos on iPad. Original photos are intact in iPhoto on computer. Tried re-syncing....same thing. Also photos sync fine to iPhone (without IOS5).
Any ideas?

I thought 5.1 might fix this problem but it doesn't. I notice that when I try to sync my original iPad, and iPhoto appears prior to initiating sync, it shows the iPad having photos on it even though, of course, it doesn't have a camera. Then when I sync it I get a large number of black boxes in addition to some photos in Photos on the iPad. This just started happening after I installed ios5. Should I try and restore the iPad.

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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2638
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In your first post:
In one particular folder in "Events", when I click on an image to open, it opens to a black box or at best a fuzzy "i"
In your most recent post
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