Help! My first experience with Floyd Rose tremolo

I recently found, in my closet, an Ibanez EX guitar (made in Korea). It struck me that I bought this guitar probably around 1990-1992, never learned to play, and put it away.

So the strings on it are the original.

I started playing it (I'm very much a beginner) and it plays great and holds its tune.

I watched some YouTube videos that gave good instructions for changing the strings. I changed them one at a time, retuning everything several times before moving to the next string.

When I was done, the bridge was leaning WAY up. The head of the bolts that lock the block in place are about an inch off the guitar.

Why is this? I know that when I started to change the stings I had to push down on the whammy bar just to lift the bolts up far enough to get at them.

What did I do wrong? How do I fix it?
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