what is buffer overrun and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

if you're talking about burning a cd, then set it to a slower speed. that should solve the problem.

Answer 2

Are you sure that your message says "buffer overrun"?

Normally it would be buffer underrun. This is when the speed of your CD/DVD writer can't keep up with the speed of data transfer.

Burn at a slower speed.

If you're talking about printing, then too much information is being sent at once to your printer's buffer. This may happen when your printer doesn't have a lot of onboard memory. This type of printer would use your hard drive to store the data before printing it.

Free up some space on your hard drive.

Answer 3

The system uses stack (which is of a fixed size) to store the variables and other parameters like the return value, arguments during the function call/definition also during normal program execution. Now, once this stack gets full it starts from zero or sometimes just uses others space now this condition is called as buffer overrun. To fix it you have to check your memory usage and also try to use both the memories i.e. stack and heap.

Answer 4

This normally comes up with a cd/dvd burner, your best bet is to invest in a burner which has Buffer Underrun Protection, alternatively you can burn at a lower speed but this is not guaranteed either, ensuring that you dont have to many applications running at the same time can also have an affect on burning

Answer 5

If it's a printer problem it's just too much info fed to the printer which does not have a big enough memory try shortening the pages to copy and do some at a time that the printer buffer can handle.