A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Timed out waiting for packet header

Hi,

I have uploaded many times befor to my ESP-Ethernet-Kit V1.2 until now…
For unknown reason I find this fatal error…

Any help will be appreciated.

Building in debug mode
Retrieving maximum program size .pio\build\esp32dev\firmware.elf
Checking size .pio\build\esp32dev\firmware.elf
Advanced Memory Usage is available via “PlatformIO Home > Project Inspect”
RAM: [== ] 15.9% (used 52256 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [======= ] 65.9% (used 1382278 bytes from 2097152 bytes)
Configuring upload protocol…
AVAILABLE: esp-prog, espota, esptool, ftdi, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa
CURRENT: upload_protocol = esptool
Looking for upload port…
Auto-detected: COM5
Uploading .pio\build\esp32dev\firmware.bin
esptool.py v3.1
Serial port COM5
Connecting……_____

A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Timed out waiting for packet header
*** [upload] Error 2

  • Have you tried putting the device into bootloader manually? On the eth board, do the standard hold BOOT, press EN once (while BOOT is still being held), release BOOT.
  • Double checked that COM5 is the correct target COM port?