Thanks Al... I had two ASUS (there's a reason it's a four letter word aboard Seaweed) and both failed the same way. The screen started getting horizontal lines across it. Then vertical too.
The fix was to squeeze the screen (lower left corner up about an inch and sometimes it would work for a while) -- Not the screen itself but the edge. There's a connection there that fails.
Also, to do a hard boot, hold down control and I think it's F9 while restarting. Sometimes you get a screen to reboot that will reset the computer. There was a "hidden" F-drive on mine that I could access, but not always. It was quirky.
Those tricks worked back with a Win7 version of the ASUS netbook in 2010.
Except for it dying (twice, first at 4 months -- that was a refurbished unit with a 3 month warranty) and then I bought a duplicate figuring I'd have the peripherals doubled. Well, same issues but this time I had a warranty (NewEgg)
And then returned my loyalty to Toshiba. I've been with that company since 1992 or 93 (win3.1) and except for the foray with ASUS... well, I wish you well.
I might have to look at ASUS again or figure out a way to have a real keyboard with a tablet. I'm sure they exist -- saw one on ThinkGeek that was total coolness (no keyboard at all, just lights)
Note to Self: Stay off NewEgg and ThinkGeek.
TrawlerForum and Pinterest are enough trouble for me to enjoy!
With apologies for the foray off-topic.......