MacBook Pro SD card reader is not working

I have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 with OS X 10.8.2.  The reader has been working until now.  I have tried several different cards with no luck.  After searching the community board I tried both an SMC reset and a PRAM reset but no luck.  (When I look in Disk Utility, I do not see the built in card reader.)  Any suggestions?

Anyone else with card reader issues should read this page. Just because your card reader doesn't appear to be working or has mysteriously dropped off your system doesn't necessarily mean a logic board replacement. I've repaired several portables over the years that had been quoted for costly logic board replacements, when in fact the failures were relatively easy to resolve once you understood the real problem.
It's common belief a PRAM or SMC reset should fix all hardware glitches but sometimes it just doesn't go deep enough, as I found out with my 2011 MBP. Simply removing the battery was all it took to resurrect my seemingly dead card reader, when PRAM and SMC resets failed to have any impact on the problem.

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