Heat Sensor & Battery Question

Hi
Recently bought a used Macbook pro 2.4. While the guy was a schyster, it worked ok for a few months. But it started locking up on me and could not do a wakeup from sleep, and unable to do a hard reboot. Happened 3 times at critical moments so I got a replacement. In the meantimke took it to Apple Store Genius. Afetr keeping it for a day they said that:
a) the charger I was using had been swapped to a 60W one from a 13" MBP
b) the heating sensor on the logic board was bad. (It had gotten super while in comatose mode)
c) I swapped a full battery in from my duplicate MBP but I could not start it. After a day it did start so did a backup and moved on.
Does this sound like something the low power is causing which would be solved by replacing the charger?
Or is there a way to check the sensor with correct charger attached?
Thanks
Enio Cordoba

Thanks for the solution. I thought that was the answer but wanted to be sure. I took it apart, cleaned the processor and heatsink, then reassembled with new grease and all is well. While at it I changed the BIOS to enable the fan full time when plugged in. Is this necessary or should I disable the fan full time?
Thanks for the solution and help
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