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Installing and Detecting The drive is screwed to the rails in the case. Now, you need to attach the 40-pin interface cable to the 40-pin connector on the back of the hard drive. You need to match the pin for socket 1 on the cable to the same pin on the hard drive. Look for the colored line on one side of the cable.   Now, plug in the power supply. This connector also has a go-no go design. Look carefully and you’ll see how it fits together. Detecting the Drive in BIOS Once hard drive has been installed the computer has to know it exists. Hard drive are identified in the BIOS on the Motherboard. When you turn on the computer, you’ll see some instructions about how to get into BIOS. With some computers, you need to hit the Delete key on the keyboard. With others, it may be Control +Alt+Delete. Your PC will give you the instructions on your screen.   When you get to the BIOS setup there should be an option for Hard Drive Detection. The BIOS will detect both hard drives. Save and exit the BIOS.