Computer Constantly Shutting Down

In short:
The computer is a mid-2007 white MacBook. It has about 1G of RAM and a brand new 250GB hard drive.
The computer will turn on properly or the display will remain black. Sometimes the OS starts, other times it doesn't. When everything does start up properly, even with the computer connected to power, it will shut down after about five minutes of use.
Could it be the fan or the optical drive (which runs pretty hard when there is a DVD in it)?
I'm willing to put money into it. I want to learn how to refurbish this so I can keep my new one updated and running strong for as long as I want it to.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. She's a student away at school and this is her only computer. Her PC crapped out about a week after I bought my new MacBook, perfect timing, and now this one has.
More details below...
I bought a new MacBook in December and gave my old one to my girlfriend. The old one was working just fine when I gave it to her. It was from mid-2007 and had no major problems (I went through a few batteries, but that was it).
Before I gave it to her I installed Snow Leopard on it. She started using it and it was working just fine for a few days until one day it just shut down on her. I figured she had just drained the battery but when it was plugged into the power (battery charging and everything) it would start up and then shut right back down again.
After multiple attempts, I finally got the computer to stay on long enough for me to wipe the hard drive and reinstall Snow Leopard. The computer shut down again after about 20 minutes of use with the operating system re-installed.
Then I decided to take it to the Apple Store and ask a Genius for their help. The guy said it sounded like the hard drive and did the diagnostic report and, though, everything showed up good he was confident that if I put a new hard drive in it I'd get her running again.
I put the new hard drive in and even took off the top case and cleaned the dust out very carefully. It was dusty after three and a half years. I figured it might be overheating due to build-up if it wasn't the hard drive. So, I started the computer up with the install disc in and partitioned the hard drive as I should have and reinstalled Snow Leopard. Everything worked for a couple of hours. I used it as my own for a day and then, after I was confident that it was in working order again, shut it down to give back to my girlfriend.
When we started it up, we had the same problem again that we had before. Even though now she has a new hard drive and everything.
Any ideas? We'll take anything we can get and appreciate your help. These are such great products, the last thing I want to do is have to toss one out.

Anthem,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You have found out through personal experience that updating the system will not fix and may even aggravate previous problems.
The Kernel Panics that you are experiencing can be investigated using Resolving Kernel Panics by Dr. Smoke.
;~)

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