IPhoto's refusal

Hi,
My Daughter has an iBook, 133GHz, 512 Meg Ram, 06 vintage with Tiger 10.4.11.
Up till now it has been able to download/upload picture's when she plugs in her camera (FugiFilm) with no problems. She has some 2000+ pictures in iPhoto at this time.
Now it will not even acknowledge that the camera is even plugged in... with iPhoto either Open or Closed (it used to open iPhoto when she plugged in the camera).
The question I am asking (since she wants me to come over and help get it going ) is: how many pictures are too many for iPhoto with her spec's? (Her 60 Gig HD is just over half full)(And Tiger is using only about half of her Ram). And, could it be something with the Camera? Or the process used to 'wake-up' iPhoto when the camera is plugged in? I will be taking my camera over to test on her iBook when I go.
I am looking for troubleshooting idea's... Thanks!
Message was edited by: The Bohemian

Cornelius,
Thank You for your insight.
Tried her camera... nada!; tried my camera... it woke-up iPhoto and was set to go; I had picked up a card reader on the way, she tried that... it worked fine.
On looking over the camera cord there is an enlarged 1" cylinder shaped ????? wrapped around it near the end... could that be a Fuse? Whatever it is, there are no other areas of the cord that look/feel bad. So, instead of trying to find another camera cord, she will use the 'very inexpensive' card reader.
Her iBook and OSX is doing well... as it should, even with 2 kids on it doing their things. My thoughts ran all over the map when she told me the problem, so this is a relief.
Thanks again for the "Card Reader" Fix...
Bo

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