Desktop compressed on to a 6" stripe in center of monitor

it is an Apple Studio Display 21" CRT
everything was fine with the display, came in one day and brought the computer out of sleep mode and the display was messed up. the deskptop is compressed to a 6 inch strip in the center of the screen with black bars on the left and right.

Hi there,
I've found some helpful information for you at the link below. It speaks of the Macbook, but some points made apply to the iMac as well.
Horizontal Lines on Screen
Nathan

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