Connecting Yamaha keyboard to iMac through Midi

Help!!
I am trying to connect my keyboard to my iMac (10.5.8) for GarageBand. It is going from Midi out to USB. I went into the Utilities pane and saw the keyboard there. I went into GarageBand under preferences and it stated that it detected 1 midi device - however I can not hear it. There is no option in the drop down menu for me to select it. I downloaded the driver for the M-Audio cable I am using and installed it. That didn't seem to make a difference.
Any suggestions?

make sure the controller is connected to the interface correctly:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#controllertointerface
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