Connecting Powersupply to 845PE Max 2 FIR

This is probably a stupid question but I rather ask a stupid question than blow up my new 845PE Max 2 FIR. This motherboard has 3 power connections. Do I need to connect the power supply to all three or do I just use the big 20 pin connector by itself?
Thanks in advance

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Originally posted by digital_voodoo
You should connect all 3 connectors. Let me know what u think of the board
Thanks.
I got it up and running late last night. I didn't have time to mess around with it much, only to find out that when I set the high performance mode from the BIOS the system will not boot (no beep code, nothing. I had to clear CMOS and start over). I'll post more of my opinions about the board when I have more time to play with it.
Any idea why I would be having the boot problem in high performance mode? I have a P4 2.4B, MSI G4MX440-VTD8X Video Card, Kingston DDR333 512meg RAM, MAXTOR 40Gb ATA133 Hard Drive.
Thanks again and I hope you guys will understand that I am not only a newbie to this board I am also a newbie to building computers from scratch. :]

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