IPhoto won't download all photos on card

iPhoto was working great. Then I upgraded to Tiger (10.4.3), and my photos on my photo card will not all load. If I have 175 jpeg's on card, it loads to maybe 105 or 110 then quits (it's gone down to as low as 94 remaining). The whole program quits. When I open the program again, the same thing happens. I can download the photos on my husbands mac (not upgraded yet), so I know it's not the card or photos.This never happened before I upgraded. I cannot load all my photos, how do I fix this? I have about 3,000 photos in the library. Any help is appreciated.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Thanks Catherine.
Normally these issues are due to some sort of hardware malfunction.
The cards themselves could be a problem (less likely because you have used multiple cards).
The card reader could have an issue.
The USB cable connecting the card reader to the computer may also be faulty (you could try a different cable and see what happens).
Sometime the USB port and controller might be corrupted.
Something to try while going through all the options is to copy the images from the card onto your system and then try to import them from the hard drive into Lightroom and see if the problem persists.
This process is a somewhat trial-by-error thing.
Tony Jay

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