Sounds like symptoms that the monitor needed to be degaussed (pronounced "Dee
' Gowsed"),
and, since most modern (conventional CRT) monitors will degauss themselves upon power-up,
it looks like your restart addressed the problem.
Usually, a CRT that need to be degaussed will develop blurring at the edges first, but its possible
that the monitor was affected by stray magnetic field(s) over time, and failed to successfully
degauss at initial startup (the degaussing circuit won't necessarily succeed the first time if a large magnetic field has built up).
Here's your wikipedia entry on the concept:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DegaussingHere's a how-to, in case you want to (or end up needing to) do it manually:
pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/degauss.htmIt looks like a .PDF service manual may be available free here:
http://fileshare.eshop.bg/downloadsm/30014/PROVIEW_PROVIEW%20786N.html
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