Z97 Gaming 5 + Nepton 280l Problems

Hi
first of all thank you for reading my Topic
second really sorry for my bad english writing
i have problem with lowering Nepton 280l water pump speed (rpm), here's the things!
i guess everyone in the earth knows Nepton series are all noisy products, so to reduce this whiny pumps need to lower pump rpm, in order to do that i checked the bios and pull down the pump rpm to 50 percent but nothing happens and pump rpm still was at max speed....!!! pump 4pin cable attached to cpufan 1 header and two jetflow fans attached to cpufan 2 header, all of two fans loose their rpm but pump still working at 7000rpm!
so i decided to change the fan header and attached the pump 4pin cable to sysfan 3 and after lowering speed to %50, pump rpm reduced to 4500rpm too but it still noisy and need to reduced at least under 4000rpm, so my problem begin right there...!!! sysfan header only capable of lowering rpm to %50 and fifty percent means 4500rpm
THNX

Can you tell me: how many pins pump header has? And I mean pins that are populated (number of pins should be equal to number of thin cables).
+ this
Quote from: paulus.cobris on 27-April-15, 23:52:54
Hello...
Because allmost all the pumps and Voltage Based Regulated and not PWM (Power Modulation).
Power modulation requires a dedicated controller just for the pump.
So if you plug a 3 or even 4 pin (but not really PWM), on the cpu plug, you will not control the voltage of the pump.
Only sysfans have the 3 pin voltage control.
With my best Regards,
LPC

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- Replaced the videocard with a MSI GTX970 Gaming (connected with 1xDP and 1xHDMI) -> problem persists
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The cause can be found in the videocard or motherboard (probably BIOS issue).
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Quote from: JLio01 on 14-November-14, 17:02:39
Try all PCIE slots no luck? Does the black screen always happen on one certain monitor or both?
I tried both the first and the second PCIe slot. No difference except for the fact that in the second slot the card only works at x8 bandwidth.
Quote from: jotan.va on 24-November-14, 18:05:51
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Tijs Dragtsma from the Netherlands

May be your PSU being too weak or going bad (I doubt though). Although you have 9 fans.. maybe try disconnecting case fans and leave only CPU cooler ones to work?

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