Finder search function causing crash

my ibook 700 G3 / OS 10.3 is consistently crashing upon use of the search function in the finder window.. the screen goes dim and I get the "restart your computer" message
I've tried trashing the finder plist file, but the behavior continues..
otherwise, everything seems to run fine..all updates installed...
any ideas?

Hello Again Lee!
Perhaps, if you used the "G4 tower" discs, to install Panther 10.3.x in the 700 G3, as you stated HERE, in This Topic, you are now discovering problems, that were created by that installation.
Or, if the discs are not at fault, and there are remnants of Spotlight, which is a Tiger 10.4.x application, you may have not accomplished, a complete Erase & Install, of Panther 10.3.x.
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