IBook G3 Mac OS 9 Problems

I bought an old iBook G3 laptop computer from someone on ebay and there's a few problems. The hard drive had less space than advertised so I bought an internal hard drive and my uncle installed it for me. That hard drive had 9.2.2 installed on it but when the computer is all booted up, the screen is cropped and there are black edges sticking out for an inch and a half all around (see picture link:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/icycool7227/P1010883.jpg
I also tried reinstalling 9.2.2 on it but the CDs both say it cannot run on this machine. I tried both a white disc with the orange 9 on it (9.2.1 software) and a gray Power Mac G4 Mac OS 9.2.2 Install. Formatting the hard drive didn't work either. Are the screens for iBook G3 supposed to be like this? What CD works here?

...for a 9.2.2 CD that is gray and says eMac Mac OS 9 Install but the seller describes it as not being compatib. with iBook G3 16V RAM or later. 200722397183. So that must not be it correct?
That is not it. The OS 9 (and maybe OS X) install disks that come with a machine are usually specific to that model, meaning the necessary files for models with different hardware are not available to the installer.
...is advertised as Mac OS X 10.1.2 & 9.2.2 together. Item #: 160749654458. Is that it?
No.
Your iBook originally came with OS X 10.2.1 and OS 9.2.2.
A disk set with OS X 10.1.2 is for either an iMac (Flat Panel) (the original model in that series) or a G4 QuickSilver (the original model in the QS series).

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/terencewong/71481156/
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht5137
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559
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Hi there,
let me know if this should be asked in a different community and ill repost it.
I have just changed my website host and have repointed my DNS to new host. However my macbook pro keeps taking me to the old host.
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