LR 4 Not Importing RAW+JPEG

Here's a strange one.
Currently running Mac OS X 10.7.3, LR 3.6 installed as well as the 30-day demo of the release version of LR 4.0. Importing from a camera-formatted Sandisk 8GB Extreme Pro (45MB/sec)
Camera - Sony A77.
Problem - Importing RAW+JPEG using LR4 only imports the RAW, not the JPEG. I've already checked "Treat JPEGs as separate..." option in LR 4, yet when I pull up the import dialog about half the time I simply don't see the JPEGs next to my ARW files...only the ARW. All import sorting options are off.
I can then simultaneously open LR 3 and upon attempted import, I'm presented with all files just fine.
Back to LR4 again, still only the ARW, even after "quitting" the app and reopening.
It gets stranger, though - As I was typing this, I went ahead and tried to import again in LR4 and THIS time JPEGs are showing up along side RAW. I even double-checked to make sure I was using LR4's window and now LR 3.
Anyone else having this issue??

Bumping this thread because I'm also having the problem. LR4 on Lion 10.7.3, never used the LR4b release. Only the first 10-20 images come in as NEF+JPG and after that I get only JPGs. Just imported six 8GB cards without realizing the problem, since it never used to be one...
My workaround has been to manually transfer files off the card into the destination, and then 'Synchronize Folder..." in LR. The import dialoge that pops up has no problem showing all the files correctly, and they import without problems. This leads me to believe the bug has something to do with importing directly from the card or camera.
I understand any major new release is bound to have some bugs, but this, in conjunction with LR4 crashing any time I try to print, is making the newest release pretty useless for me. The Library and Print modules account for 85% of my time in LR, with the Develop module accounting for the rest (Maps/Books/Slideshows/Web are never opened, ever). In the most abstract sense, LR is made for streamlining the input and output of images, and neither of those processes are working for me.

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