upgrading memory

I have posted several threads about having PC and Windows XP
problems...I FINALLY fixed those problems myself by doing Google
searches the past 2 or 3 weeks...I don't want to go into major details
of all my errors, but somehow my permissions in XP Home got screwed up
and I could run most of my programs and kept getting errors when
trying to register .dll files. I did trace my freezing problem by
trial and error with my memory. I was doing a repair install, which
never helped anything, and it kept freezing up when having only 13
mins left to install...I put in my old RAM after removing the 2 sticks
of 256 and it froze up even faster. I then put my RAM I had back
in...after freezing up again I took out one of the 356 sticks and
finished with the repair install...now I am upgrading my memory and
purchased 2 sticks of 512....I am wondering if I would have the same
problems with freezing up again if I install both sticks of RAM...I am
not sure if the RAM is bad I removed or the slot is faulty....they
were both KINGSTON 256mb pc133 sdram...Also had a "memory could not be
read" error when they were both installed and I was using Windows
media player and watching streaming video when I closed the
player...also had that same problem when listening to Shoutcast radio
after closing winamp. I never knew why that was and am hoping that I
do not have the same problems with my new memory. The PC ran fine for
a few months or more before I started having random freezes...I am
just hoping it was a fulty stick of RAM. How could I tell if my
memory slot that was bad?

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