Dead Motherboard

I have an HP PC 856x with media center, and think that my motherboard may be
dead. When I boot the PC it just hangs at the HP logo and does nothing.
Hitting F1 for BIOS, or F10 for HP recovery does nothing, infact the only
option I have is turning the power off.

So my question is, can I get a new motherboard for the machine? and will it
work with Media Center? I heard it's a 64 bit OS and so believe this
restricts my options. I have called HP and they want an arm and a leg for
the new motherboard, but the board in my PC I can only find at HP. The
motherboard is an ASUS P4SD-LA but I cannot find any information on the ASUS
website.

Really my questions are:
1) Is Media Center a 64 bit OS?
2) Is it possible for me to replace the motherboard with a different board?
(HP tell me there is special hardware and so no other board will work).

Thanks.


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