Why doesn't my Macbook recognize/accept Snow Leopard 10.6.3?

I am trying to load Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on my Macbook but it is not compatible.  Why?  When I purchased it there was
no mention of system compatiblity issues that I recall, other than what was reasonably obvious.  I thought I did my homework.
Am I hopefully just missing something?  Thank you in advance if anyone might know!

No. it is my sister in law's Macbook. I installed OSX 10.6.3, then updated software but when completed it shut down and I have not been able to restart. i have reset the pram but that's about it. I will get the install disc and try that next. Thanks. BTW .. when I try to restart it goes thru the motions, gets to a blue screen but before the desk top sets up ... it goes to black with the curser in the upper left corner ... and frozen.
Thanks again for your reply.

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