Sandisk SSD in 2008 Macbook

will this SanDisk SSD Extreme II 480gb: SDSSDXP-480G-G25 fit and work in my 2008 unibody macbook?

I am concerned after reading this post, as my spec is the MCP79..
12-12-2013 10:25 AM
go to applications > utilities > system info > SATA, if the SATA chipset is Nvidia MCP79 the SATA link speed will not be negotiated correctly. This is an issue with the Nvidia SATA chipset. SanDisk has not released a FW that locks Extreme II SSD to SATA 3Gb so the link speed will only be 1.5Gb. If you can find the original Extreme SSD you can use the FW linked in this thread to lock the Extreme SSD to SATA 3Gb.

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plus
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I have installed a SanDisk SSD with great success. At the same time I removed the optical drive which doubled the SATA speed. Here are the stats from my system:
Vendor:
NVidia
Product:
MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:
3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:
3 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect:
SATA
Description:
AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G:
Capacity:
480.1 GB (480,103,981,056 bytes)
Model:
SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G
Revision:
X21100RL
Serial Number:
143631400200
Native Command Queuing:
Yes
Queue Depth:
32
Removable Media:
No
Detachable Drive:
No
BSD Name:
disk0
Medium Type:
Solid State
TRIM Support:
No
Partition Map Type:
GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:
Verified
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity:
209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name:
disk0s1
Content:
EFI
Volume UUID:
0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
SanDisk:
Capacity:
479.11 GB (479,110,004,736 bytes)
Available:
347.42 GB (347,417,059,328 bytes)
Writable:
Yes
File System:
Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:
disk0s2
Mount Point:
Content:
Apple_HFS
Volume UUID:
FA84107F-322D-37F3-BE2F-779C43F45EAB
Recovery HD:
Capacity:
650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name:
disk0s3
Content:
Apple_Boot
Volume UUID:
D22A1C35-6C0C-3D7E-A496-EC53E520CE58
Results
372.27
System Info
Xbench Version
1.3
System Version
10.10.1 (14B25)
Physical RAM
8192 MB
Model
MacBookPro5,3
Drive Type
SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G
Disk Test
372.27
Sequential
236.05
Uncached Write
362.92
222.83 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write
291.38
164.86 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read
120.27
35.20 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read
409.21
205.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random
880.18
Uncached Write
1265.59
133.98 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write
542.25
173.59 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read
1628.39
11.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read
771.54
143.16 MB/sec [256K blocks]

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Hi!
Thanks for all the answer. Please let me to resume this old and interesting discussion.
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