2007 MacBook with upgraded RAM won't start OS Lion download
I have a 2007 13 inch MacBook Core 2 Duo (2.1 GHz) that I had the RAM upgraded to 4 GB in hopes of at least being able to have OS Lion, since I have no hopes of ever running Mavericks on this machine... (In a perfect world, I could get my machine to run an OS compatible with what my iPhone and iPad run, but hey, I get it. It's an old laptop. My deal is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it other than its age. Why should I have to buy a new one in the sake of connectivity? Rant over.)
I have a copy of a previous purchase of Lion in my app store purchase history, (I bought it when it first came out for my desktop) but when I try to download, it will at first not do anything, and after a restart, it appears in my dock as "paused". It gives me an option to "restart" the download, but it will stay unresponsive, no matter what I click...
I have checked and checked my system requirements (which are met to the letter and then some), my internet connection, I tried plugging my ethernet cable directly into my laptop (my AirPort is also rather old and sluggish sometimes, on top of a crummy ISP), I have plugged my power cable in, but nothing seems to work. Lion simply refuses to download, and I am at my wits end as to why. Help please!
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Late 2007 13 inch MacBook, 4GB RAM