Suddenly won't recognize memory card

Hi all. I have a MacBook OS X 10.5.8, have had it for a couple of years, and have always imported photos from my camera's memory card (Sony) to iPhoto via a USB card reader. Haven't ever had a problem with it, usually when I plug it in, iPhoto opens right up and everything's good.
Today, out of the blue, when I put the card in the card reader and plug it into the USB port, the computer doesn't seem to recognize that it's there at all. iPhoto doesn't open and nothing seems to indicate that the computer knows anything is plugged in to the USB - doesn't appear on the desktop or in Finder anywhere. The lights on the card reader light up when I plug in the card and when I plug in the USB to the computer, so it seems like the reader is working fine and recognizes a connection with the computer, but not vice versa. I have no idea why this is happening; I just used the exact same card less than a week ago and it worked fine. Since then I've downloaded one update from Apple (something about security), but I can't think of anything else that could be different.
Any ideas? I have some vacation pictures on there that I really would love to access! Thanks!

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