Hi guys

Thanks for the replies, I thought this would be the case. The Ibook G3 seems to be one of those models that work on borrowed time. I've read on some sites it is THE higher end models that are less prone to fail and the 500, 600 models THAT are more likely to fail.

Back in '06 I had both "12 & "14 models of the G3 800mhz Ibook, both of which succumbed to same video gpu fault. I used the shim fix, but i found it only worked for a short while. So I went back to my Pismo and G4 Powermac and was put off buying anything newer then my Pismo.

Fast forward to 2013 and my friend had given me her faultly G3 800mhz Ibook, it had the GPU fault. Which i fixed by replacing the logic board with a working one bought from ebay. It hasn't put me back that much and I was just hoping I might be able to fend off the woe's of the deadly GPU for as long as i can. I kinda like the white Ibook look, its a really nice looking laptop. Not got a clue what I'm going to use it for

-Hugh hope your shim fix works and lasts you longer then mine did.