Asus K52N- White flickering lines intermittently!? OR how one 1st Time Asus User Lost His Marbles

Just got this yesterday and immediately noticed these annoying little white line flashes intermittently on the right side of the screen. The flash one or twice every 2min or so.

I updated my video driver (I should note that I did not first delete the old driver. Not sure if that matters, but I just assumed that updating would copy over the old driver and that point would be mute) and restarted my computer.
after the restart, the problem wasnt there. No lines. I shut my computer screen without powering down and when I opened it up later, the glitch returned.

after experimenting, I have come to the conclusion that if I restart my computer via the START menu, I get no lines. If I close my computer lid then reopen it, or if I SHUT DOWN my computer via Start Menu then power back on, I get line glitches.

Any idea why this is? Any tips or suggestions? I really dont wanna go through the hassle of returning this to newegg. Do you think this problem will get worse and I dont mind doing this work around for the rest of the computer life, but I also dont want it to get worse when my warranty expires.

EDIT:
When I put the computer in sleep via the start menu, but dont close the screen, I notice when I wake it back up that I dont get lines! PECULIAR!!! The process of closing the screen and opening it without powering down seems to trigger the glitches.

EDIT 2:

Put the computer in HIBERNATE and didnt close the screen. Woke the computer up from hibernate and the glitches are there. If I determine that closing the lids puts the computer in hibernate, this would seem to suggest that hibernate is the problem

EDIT 3:
Went to Control Panel>What Happens When Lid Closed> Changed from hibernate to sleep.

Closed lid, reopend = got the glitches.

Restarted computer from start button without closing lid = No glitch
Shut down the computer from start button, didnt close lid = glitch came back!!

It seems the only way I can get away from the glitch is to start up the computer then immediately go through start menu and then officially RESTART.

Once I have restarted , I get no glitching until I put the lid down or have to "start menu>shut down"
WEIRD!!!!

 

honestly it sounds like a cable issue to me. Basically the only time i'm seeing the problem occuring is when you close the lid and reopen it. I dont think it has anything to do with the drivers but i could be wrong.

Try repeating all of your steps using an external monitor. If you still see the lines then its probably some sort of driver/hardware issue. If the lines are gone then its either the screen or the lcd cable

 

Sorry for the late reply (this thread is a half month old), but it is definitely sounding like an LVDS cable issue. I've seen this on K series in specific. Their display cables must be very finicky or be low quality in general. I haven't seen this on any other ASUS nearly as commonly as K series... K50/K51/K52 in particular.