Seagate ST3160828AS Head Mask FFFF Error

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Hi, this drive ID's ok in PC3K but the Terminal displays the following repeatedly.

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$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$NIWOT TIME OUT
Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$NIWOT TIME OUT
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Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$NIWOT TIME OUT
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Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
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The Terminal changes later to:

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$NIWOT TIME OUT
Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
AT Er 00 Nwt Er 43 RdWr 00018.00.0000
ATA St 58 Er 00 Op ec 0,0000/0/00,00 00 00
Niwot: 00008691 ff 00008691.e.ffa 0008 0000 0000 0000
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at 000018.00.0000
$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$Switch to full int.
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$$$Switch to full int.
AM Reacquired

CE Log ErrCode=43 LBA=0 Type=25DiskAccess ReadSector $EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088
Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088

Read Ver Retrys
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=43 at ffffffff.00.0088

Read Ver Failure!
Failed sys sect. write
SCAN Error
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
AT Er 00 Nwt Er 37 RdWr 00018.00.0000
ATA St 58 Er 00 Op ec 0,0000/0/00,00 00 00
Niwot: 00008691 ff 00008691.e.ffa 0008 0000 0000 0000
DiskAccess ReadSector EC=47 at 000018.00.0000
SCAN Error
$$Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF - Head Mask FFFF -
Buzz - Head Mask FFFF - Switch to full int.
Spin Ready
$Switch to full int.
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$Switch to full int.
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$Switch to full int.
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$Switch to full int.
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AT Er 00 Nwt Er 37 RdWr 00018.00.0000
ATA St 58 Er 00 Op ec 0,0000/0/00,00 00 00
Niwot: 00008691 ff 00008691.e.ffa 0008 0000 0000 0000
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The drive sounds like clicking, but not aggressively.

After a while, like Reset, the MB = 0.49 and ID is lost. Then after cool down, drive ID's again.

Any ideas how to proceed?

I read similar posts, but I think mine is a little different, couldn't really tell if it's a previous pattern

Thanks!

Chris
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