Open your trapdoor underneath and check if a ram expansion is in there, if not, go get one from amigakit. 512k expansion ram is all u need m8, infact its really a must have.
If it needs more than that, it doesn't belong on a500 lol. Oh yea, while you are out spending at amigakit, u better grab yourself an amiga scart cable for that crispy pic on your tvset, accept nothing less.
Note: even if u have a ramexpansion sitting inside the trapdoor, it might be faulty, coz of the crappy batteries attached, but who knows maybe u are lucky m8