This is how the combobox is populated by default, after using a GUI
builder:

String []dataMoboCombo = { "Mobo1", "Mobo2", "Mobo3", "Mobo4", "Mobo5",
"Mobo6" };
  cmbMoboCombo = new JComboBox( dataMoboCombo );

with the combobox i am working on i do this:

String []cpuComboBox = new String [cpuList.length];

   for (int i = 0; i < cpuList.length; i++){
   cpuComboBox[i] = cpuList[i].getName();
   }

The objects of type cpu have a string component (name), and a series of
booleans.   All i want to extract is the name Strings.   I dont know
why it wont work.   My getName method in cpu is this:

public String getName(){
return name;
}
I have written a toString method:

public String toString(){
return getName():
}

It still wont work, as it stands, the combobox is being populated with
nothing :S as opposed to the mem addresses.

Is it possible that as cpu is a superclass of Intel and Amd, and these
2 subclasses have more fields (more booleans) it is causing trouble?
a cpu object is declared thus:
Cpu cpu1 = new Amd( "cpu1", false, true, true, false, false, false,
3000);
Cpu cpu2 = new Intel( "cpu2", true, false, true, false, false, 4000);

John