I want to increase my memory to 1 gig. Is this something a
inexperienced person can do? I have 256 in slot 1 and 256 in slot 3,
is it as simple as removing those and replacing it with a 1 gig stick?
Or is there more to installing ram? I can take it in and have it done
for a $40 labor charge.

HP Pavilion a1424n desk top
pentium 4 160 gig HD
xp home