MacBook Pro Core i5 10.6.5 (problems with formatting and clean install)

A friend of mine is wanting to sell me his brand new MacBook pro. He wants to wipe the hard drive and get me back to the way he received it. He does not have the cd's that came with it to do this. Me being a pretty avid computer technician I tried every possible way of restoring this laptop and wiping the hard drive. Since its running the newest os 10.6.5 I cannot seem to access a cd or usb drive with snow leopard 10.6.3 to wipe and reinstall. Its like the only cd that will work is the one that came with the laptop in the first place. Something to do with recognizing the newest hardware. Now I tried on a last years addition Macbook with a 10.6 cd and was able to access the cd and usb dmg image without a problem, but when I try on this core i5 macbook I cannot access either usb or dvd. Does anyone have any input to share with me. If you have any questions whatsoever I will answer them np.

Yeah he is a rich kid who really doesnt care, he dropped it and did very minor damage. Put it this way he doesnt want to bother with it, so he is selling me the macbook for a 1,000 dollars and just requested that I do a complete wipe. Of course after screwing with it for a few hours I told him he needs to order backup cd's. The problem is he might change his mind by the time he ever gets around to getting the cd's. Anyway I was hoping someone might just have a little secret on what might or might not work in my situation. I mean what is the real difference between last years model and this years model the hardware correct? No upgrade cd is going to have anything newer than what is on the laptop currently. Is there a beta cd newer than 10.6.5. I just need to find a dmg image 10.6.5 or newer to complete my task. Anything older will not work.

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