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.

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Not really, I have never noticed it being the higher end model lasting longer. It has been the earlier models with the Rage 128 and 8MB of VRAM (12" 2001 models) that have stood the test of time (thus far). I don't know about the 14" models. The ones after that had the BGA problem, IIRC.

Also, it turns out the 600MHz model I had was from 2002. I double checked the specs (wrote them on a sticky).