Esp8266 crashes

Hello everyone my nodemcu esp8266 V3 isnt recognized by win11 (it uses CH430C chip) it is only recognized after going into upload mode and after uploading code it looks like it disconnectited. I tried analyzing boot masage but I couldnt find anything, after uploading the code and "crashing" i presed the reset buton my windows make thoes connect and disconect noises, the blue light blinks but nothing still hapens. I also tried reflashing the esp8266 but the oficial nodemcu program is stuck and sometimes it wont even recognize the board. So could you please help.

Thanks to everyone reading this

It could be a (bad) bootloader problem or something on your system.

Check this video out and see if somehow helps you:

If wasn't useful and you're sure you did everything correctly to configure the IDE and installing the serial device driver, post here the direct link to the exact board you have.

Are there "forbidden" pins on your board (no experience with it) and are you maybe using them?

I loked at the tutorial and I changed the nodemcu esp8266 12-E to generic model and it still woudnt work
here is the link to the board

what does forbiden pins mean, i used the bilt in led so i dont think there should be problems with pins, at least i hope so

That's weird, so let's get a bit deeper beginning from the start.

  1. if you properly installed the CH340 device driver, when you plug the board in I suppose you see the COM port on your device manager, right?
  2. Which version of the IDE you installed? The page you linked above (I can't understand Czech but Google Translate helped me) cited a very old version of the IDE, 1.6.7! I'm using 2.3.4 on Windows 11 and works fine.
  3. Assuming you have a working CH340 driver and IDE 2.3.4, do you have at least one other Arduino board to try to upload a sketch to, or this is the only and very first one you're using at? Don't you have an ESP32?

If you did exactly the same things depicted by the video I linked you, and all the above checks have been verified, I confirm my opinion: that specific ESP32 has something wrong, either a bad (or wrong or old) bootloader or is a defective board (either the processor, or the serial chip, or the power, or I don't know what). But if the item page suggests tyou to install a very, very old IDE 1.6 I won't trust that site and reseller!!! So if I were you, my last chance was to send the ESP back and ask for a refund then buy the next from another website, starting from Amazon. My last advise is to leave the old ESP8266 (except for something known and reliable like WeMos boards) and move to ESP32.

Anyway, going back reading your previous posts here, I see you have created three different topics (including this one) apparently for the same kind of problem, ranging from "Esp32 reboots after going into WIFI_AP_STA" to "My esp8266 disconects after uploading code" and this one.
Ok the first is about an ESP32 and not ESP8266 but making multiple threads for the same topic isn't a good thing to do, firstly because doing so can waste the answers people give you trying to help you, but secondly because it is not allowed by the forum rules. Please concentrate on the latest (this) and stop using the others.

Thanks for the feedback the other forum I unfortunetly closed or someting, but I bought a new board that looks by the looks indentical and works so I gues that it was manufacturing problem

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