After further pursuit of this issue via the manufacturers website (Hiletgo), this is a different beast than what I thought. I've explored esp32 via espressif and github only to finally learn that this device is NOT that but rather a "nodemcu" product. These are links related: https://nodemcu.readthe...

This is what is displayed in the serial monitor after a complete flash before even trying to load a sketch. And though I can load a sketch this continuous reboot prevents anything from running.

I have spent the last three days trying EVERYTHING I could find on this forum and other sources to resolve this error on my ESP32-WROOM-32D board including the flash download tool, online reflash from (https://espressif.github.io/esptool-js/) and nothing has resolved it including: - changing flash f...