MacBook shuts down about one minute after startup chime

I have an older (2007?) Macbook, and I think it is running OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I can't verify this because it won't boot up. It does the same thing whether on battery or ac power: startup chime, grey screen with apple logo, twirling spokes, and grey bar filling in. Then, exactly one minute and 38 seconds after the chime, it goes black (keyboard and everything).
I have tried unplugging and waiting, starting with and without the battery, resetting PRAM (tried that a bunch of times), and starting in safe mode with shift (doing that caused it to shut down in 1:08).
I have two disks that came with the MacBook: OS X Install Disc 1 and Disc 2 (2007; v10.5), plus one disk Mac OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD. If I should try rebooting or reinstalling, which disk(s) should I use?
Or is there another trick to try?
Thanks!

Try this support article > Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Boot from the Snow Leopard disc following the instructions from that article.
While you have Disk Utilty open, check the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom of that window.
Hopefully it says: Verified

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