# Media Server Crashing **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985 "2025-06-24T17:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/1 "2025-06-24T17:56:36Z")
Everytime I load the Plex Media Server it stays open for 20 seconds to 2 minutes and then crashes. Have reinstalled, redone media. Can’t figure it out. Server Version#: 1.41.8.9834 Player Version#: [com.plexapp.agents.fanarttv.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/nQCH8reihFuubgzyu2X7FmExeDU.log) (14.1 KB) ---
**Author:** ![MovieFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/2 "2025-06-24T19:31:44Z")
The last things in your are related to plug-ins so i would check there and remove them. ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/3 "2025-06-24T19:48:24Z")
Says I don’t have any installed. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/6/8/2682b294a679d45b521b85581ba5a8892c07f69d.png) ---
**Author:** ![MovieFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@MovieFan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MovieFan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/4 "2025-06-24T19:50:11Z")
Check the plug-ins folder. There may be files still around causing the issue. If not, then can you upload another log after the next crash? There may be a pattern. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/5 "2025-06-25T09:25:12Z")
Please zip and upload the whole logs folder, not just one accidentally selected single log file. (which most likely bears no importance for the issue at hand.) ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/6 "2025-06-25T14:13:38Z")
Here is the zipped file from the crash this morning. [Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-06-25\_09-12-51.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/vDzXFZI3q4SCFrdrHNcxzRwJowy.zip) (599.4 KB) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/7 "2025-06-25T16:21:33Z")
How much free space is left on drive C:? Please take a look into the [plex data folder](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/), subfolder `\Plug-in Support\Databases` How large is the file `com.plexapp.plugins.library.db` in there? ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/8 "2025-06-25T16:32:07Z")
All media is store on drives E & F ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/9/1/b917171d9b2fb30358a9b152ceb9d1367e25503b.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/e/4/5e4145f8240fec34cf3ac82086d3c0563fb90a08.png) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/9 "2025-06-25T16:33:54Z")
Did you recently swap the GPU or CPU? Or did you install a different graphics driver? Did you recently enable hardware transcoding? Any recent changes in the BIOS? ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/10 "2025-06-25T17:43:04Z")
No, no changes have been made other than standard windows updates. ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/11 "2025-06-25T17:49:58Z")
> [@OttoKerner](#): > > Or did you install a different graphics driver? Ohhhhh, this may have been it… I rolled back the latest NVIDIA update and it seems to be working. ---
**Author:** ![Ty-Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Ty-Lane](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ty-Lane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/12 "2025-07-12T16:46:37Z")
I’m having the same issue. Also have no plugins installed, and databases appear to be healthy (checked with the sqlite commands in [this Plex article](https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/)). I had the same issue a couple weeks ago, had to completely uninstall Plex (after creating a backup), reinstall it, and restore the backup. Everything worked fine for a couple weeks and now it’s happening again. Any help would be greatly appriciated. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/e/a/cea55a583661bb7d9fd5d88d6d009d5c1a8ec80c.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/d/d/8dd5bf411adffec99fb417e155e7809b3bdefe5b.png) [Logs.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/rsDY0pMBoTlFVhjGVYLUVFkEik1.zip) (2.5 MB) ---
**Author:** ![trmpt98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@trmpt98](https://forums.plex.tv/u/trmpt98)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/13 "2025-07-12T17:05:25Z")
This is how mine fixed. Had an update and it was set to dedicate for graphics needs in my NVIDIA settings. Once I switched it back to use for computer needs also it stopped crashing. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/6/3/e63b28139967c0c297dcda9fc93def0a6205ba87.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-server-crashing/923985/14 "2025-10-10T17:05:47Z")
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