DS not connecting to action replay software

Well i had the same problem but i know how to solve this, at first when i plugged in the AR to the computer and press the update button on the DS, it wouldnt work and it would ust please connect... meanwhile on the AR manager it says, waiting for .... DS, the way i solved it is to unplug, not from the DS, but from the computer the USB and put it in to another one.... after that a window came up, u have to install itand then go on Ar manager, there should be something in the other window that says, NDS. this is where u drag the cheats... hope i helped :)

Solution 5 is right it woks

Yay! This isn't too old of a topic! I'm not bumping! X-P
Okay, I've had my ARDS for a long time... or long for me, a year and a half... X-P
I saw some troubleshooting tips... haven't really helped so far. 90% of the memory was used for one game, because it's the only one that is worth cheating on. X-P I decide to hook it up to my PC to get more codes... I connected it as it was, and it never loaded. It acts like it's looking for the DS and is loading what's on there... but I have left my DS on and hooked up to the computer overnight and it still hadn't loaded. I decided to try again in the morning. I look for possible solutions, and one was to reset the hardware (A+B+Start+Select). I've done that, and it is still not being detected by my computer. =-/ Any help?
I hope to God it isn't because I downgraded and got Vista. X-P

Just give up. the action replay is one of the most unrelliable things that i have ever used, adn so far i have found that when i use it i never play the game i use it on agin. but if you really want help look on the forum of the codejunkies website, i dont know if it will help but there is some usefull stuff on it :) hope u get it fixxd soon

Hi ppl ummm i have the same problem nut sometimes if i giggle with the wire and move my ds around so the wire is in differnt plases it some times works... not a long time solution tho i was thinking of buying a new one when i have anough money so yea... if you do have a loong term soluting plzz help!

I'm new to this web site and I have a different issue with my sons action replay. It won't connect to my computer.

Who ever made solution 3 when did u buy u r action replay cause acording to ur post made in 08 it means u got vista compatible one.dude can u please post a copied image of the cd please I need it.thanks also for anyone who reads this please post urs if u bought it this year 08.thanks

People this isn't vista's fault. I own a action replay ds and it was connecting fine nothing was wrong. Until I typed in a code for my animal crossing ds and after it was typed in the whole action replay ds froze. I shutdown ds and started it back up without my animal crossing ds game and it loaded but wouldn't work with animal crossing ds. I deleted the game out and tried to connect it by USB cable to computer but my computer said the usb malfunctioned and can't be reconized. I reset my whole AR and still it doesn't reconize. So I know it isn't vista's fault. What do u see wrong with vista. It runs better than XP. Oh and my AR has black places on the back of the AR were the gold looking plates are.

I got the program working fine for AR on my windows vista but its not allowing the device download onto the computer and therefore AR manager doesnt read it, is there any way for the NDS Link to work on vista

Pokenerd it is because you went to Vista.
So far Action Replay is only compatible with XP.
Which might answer some of your problems too.