Late 2008 Macbook Pro New HD Help

Once you have Snow Leopard installed and updated, and provided that you have the following Boot Rom version, your Late-2008 MBP will support up to 8GB Ram.

Other World Computing has RAM upgrades for this Mac. You can confirm the Boot ROM version via:

 menu : About This Mac : System Information…

I am not familiar with the detailed system specs. for that model but maybe it requires installer discs. You can check on everymac.com and if it does:

Call USA Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775 (telephone numbers for other countries - https://support.apple.com/HT201232). Provide the serial number and specifications of the Mac. They may be able to provide a replacement set of discs for a fee. These discs will be for whatever OS was installed on the computer originally. You will likely wish to upgrade:

Upgrade to OS X El Capitan - https://support.apple.com/HT206886 - "OS X El Capitan remains available for Mac computers that can't upgrade to macOS Sierra, or that need to upgrade to El Capitan first."

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910

How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - https://support.apple.com/HT204904 - for post 10.6 versions

It is advisable to use Software Update at least once so you get special updates such as the "Mac App Store Update for OS X Snow Leopard" - https://support.apple.com/HT205702

That MacBook Pro does require DVD. MacBook Pro Late 2008 is far enough back that it's installed from DVD and not via the Internet. That system first shipped with a 10.5 release. You'll want to acquire a copy of the Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD installer and boot and use that to upgrade only as far as macOS 10.11.6 El Capitan as you know, and which will involve an intermediate upgrade step as was mentioned. (I don't know if you can get one of those installer DVD kits for free from Apple Support, or will have to purchase it.) If you're going to try the SSD, an install from DVD is one way to initially load and boot that SSD. If the internal DVD does not work or is getting replaced as part of your hardware upgrades — old optical drives do tend to be unreliable, and some folks do replace the opticals with more storage — then an external USB DVD should boot and work here, such as an Apple Superdrive. It's also possible to use Target Disk Mode, or to download and install via USB but — that far back — that will be more complex than the (traditional, standard, expected) DVD path.

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Kambc has posted in the OS X El Capitan community.

Late 2008 Macbook Pro New HD Help

Thanks for the help. I called and Apple are sending me no charge the install DVD for Mac OS X 10.6.8 , they said then I can upgrade to 10.11.6 . So hopefully all goes well. Old laptop and was not used much, still it is fine for what I need it for. SSD is cheap, may upgrade Ram from 4gb to 8gb as well.

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