Spotlight icons is burning my screen

Is there anything that I can that do...I mean it's always there and yes I have a screen saver. Any thoughts or ideas.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 gig of ram

Draining the battery was a mistake. Does the MBP charge? Perform SMC ansd PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Try a safe boot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
If no success, take the original install dusk and insert it into the DVD drive and boot the MBP with the C key down as if you were reinstalling the OSX.
Proceed with the directions UNTIL you see a menu bar on top of the display.
Select UTILITIES from the menu bar.
From the drop down menu, select Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.
What are the results?
Ciao.

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