1) install Rember
2) Boot into single-user mode:
hold command-S on boot, then:
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
3) Once you have the hard drive mounted, run the memtest executable buried in Rember. If you installed Rember to /Applcation/Utilities the path would be:
/Applications/Utilities/Rember.app/Contents/Resources/memtest
For memtest switches look here: