Macbook (2008) will not upgrade to 10.5.8

I have been trying in vain for months now to get my used Macbook to upgrade to 10.5.8. When I got it from a friend, it had 10.5.2, and I attempted to use the combo update to get it up to speed, as far as Leopard was concerned. Everytime I tried to run the installer (it downloaded fine, but when it required the restart to begin installation) it would hang -- for hours -- at "configuring installation." I've tried to do it while plugged directly into the modem (as was suggested by another post somewhere). Ordinarily I wouldn't care, but there are many domino effects of me not being able to upgrade to the latest OS of Leopard. I can't run many browsers, which then will not let me run the iTunes store -- it's really a viscious cycle. I'm sorta at my wit's end with this issue... any thoughts, suggestion, prayers to the Mac dieties I could try? Thanks in advance for your help. :-)
Oh, and I've managed to get it slowly up from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 now, but when I try to make the leap to 10.5.8 it all goes to heck.

Call AppleCare to get replacement discs.  The 10.5 discs you have likely are either too old for the machine or aren't designed for the computer.  10.5 came out in the series of steps that follows:
10.5 9A581 October 26, 2007 
10.5.1 9B18 November 15, 2007
Mac OS X 10.5.4 9E17 June 30, 2008
Mac OS X 10.5.6 9G55 December 15, 2008
The 10.5.x installer disc always looked like * except when it was prebundled with a Mac.  It does not say Upgrade, Dropin, or OEM. If your machine is newer than a date above, it can only take the retail discs released after the date stated. If it is newer than December 15, 2008, you can only use Snow Leopard & Lion retail installers other than the prebundled installer disc.  A Mac can't use another Mac's installer discs unless they are the same vintage and model.  Legally also it can't use it unless the original Mac has had all software from it removed that came from that disc.

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