# Flashing a ESP-WROOM-32 board

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/flashing-a-esp-wroom-32-board/13117>\
**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/flashing-a-esp-wroom-32-board/13117 "2024-10-30T19:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toby2009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Toby2009](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Toby2009)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/flashing-a-esp-wroom-32-board/13117/1 "2024-10-30T19:57:00Z")

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Hi 🙂

I’ve been trying to flash a ESP 32 Board with WLED to controle some WS2812b strip lights but when I try to flash it on the WLED website it never finishes the install. It connects to the COM port fine but then just always says maybe I need to hold the right buttons down or try another cable. I have tried many times with all different button combinations and lots of different cables but it always fails.

Any help or ideas anyone has would be much appreciated! 😃😃😃😃  
Thank you! 😊

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**Author:** ![RSA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/rsa/32/8713_2.png) [@RSA](https://wled.discourse.group/u/RSA)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/flashing-a-esp-wroom-32-board/13117/2 "2024-10-30T21:16:24Z")

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For me, and my first time flashing, I had to hold the “boot” button the whole time, even after it seems to finish, there is a little bit at the end that it seems to disconnect and reconnect to finish the installation, if I let go of the “boot” button before that, it fails. I have since learned that I can jumper GIOP1 to Ground to do the same thing, and it saves my finger from having to press the tiny button for the whole time.