Black borders forming around screen

HELP! My 14" iBook G4 (just over a year old) is forming black borders around the display screen. Is there a freeware or tweak to get rid of it by extending the screen like Windows has? I tried to take a screenshot but it doesn't appear in it.

Woohoo - I can't believe that this was the problem, but search is a wonderful thing >> answer is here...
Mike N. (nahyunil), "icons" #1, 10:49am Jul 15, 2005
Sorry for posting this in a few places, but I was desperate for a fix!

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