# Esp32-s3 devkit c
**URL:** https://wled.discourse.group/t/esp32-s3-devkit-c/9754
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [November 4, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/esp32-s3-devkit-c/9754 "2023-11-04T10:03:52Z")
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### Author:  [@prschguy](https://wled.discourse.group/u/prschguy)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/esp32-s3-devkit-c/9754/1 "2023-11-04T10:03:52Z")
wanted to see if anyone has any success with getting esp32-s3 devkit c working here. Have several of these boards with different memory sizes and types. Build will sometimes load, but never seems to provide a working version of Wled. I am interested in these boards as I would like to run many of the user mods, and really need the extra pins these boards provide. Prebuilt binaries wouldn’t really be a help as customization is the goal. Guess I am struggling most is getting the bootloader to work properly. Any help that can be provided would surely be appreciated
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### Author:  [@ALDIY](https://wled.discourse.group/u/ALDIY)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/esp32-s3-devkit-c/9754/2 "2023-11-04T10:34:18Z")
I have tested S3 but i only have Lolin S3 , the way it worked every time is that the initial flashing is done via esptool as detailed in discord by this post ( just look for softhack posts in beta-testing channel if you cant access the link ) [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/473448917040758787/779395228624617512/1121830783724830800)
After that used this site [https://wled-compile.github.io/](https://wled-compile.github.io/) to compile on github and tested usermods and OTA worked ( most of the time ) . At the moment using audio and animatrix usermods and it is stable but still not as good as a normal esp32 but i guess that would change in the future
