ESP32 Crashing/Not Booting/Outputting Gibberish To Console

[HalfDemon]

Using the hw2 spec on a ps2 as an internal install. Initially it appears to start booting, but then crashes/starts spitting out gibberish on the console. I did not confirm whether it was booting properly before wiring. Double checked my wiring against the spec and everything seemed fine. Unsoldered everything just to see if it would make it better. It did not unfortunately. I suspect a Dead On Arrival board but would like a second opinion. Console log provided in code block.

Wired in Status LEDs are off.
Initially global status LED lights up for a moment when attempting to boot then goes out.
Status light on the board is flashing.
Flashed using flash download tool with settings provided in documentation.
Using this board from Hiletgo on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077KJNVFP
Firmware version is 1.9.1

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0030,len:5944
load:0x40078000,len:15080
load:0x40080400,len:4
load:0x40080404,len:3372
entry 0x400805c4
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Flash download settings

[HalfDemon]

Just had a thought to try flashing the ESP32 AT firmware from Espressif and it appears to net a working module? So now im really unsure of whats gone wrong.

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0030,len:5932
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x40078000,len:15856
load:0x40080400,len:3580
entry 0x40080608
�[0;32mI (29) boot: ESP-IDF v5.0.2-376-g24b9d38a24-dirty 2nd stage bootloader�[0m
�[0;32mI (29) boot: compile time 09:46:27�[0m
�[0;33mW (30) boot: Unicore bootloader�[0m
�[0;32mI (34) boot: chip revision: v3.1�[0m
�[0;32mI (38) boot.esp32: SPI Speed      : 40MHz�[0m
�[0;32mI (42) boot.esp32: SPI Mode       : DIO�[0m
�[0;32mI (47) boot.esp32: SPI Flash Size : 4MB�[0m
�[0;32mI (51) boot: Enabling RNG early entropy source...�[0m
�[0;32mI (57) boot: Partition Table:�[0m
�[0;32mI (60) boot: ## Label            Usage          Type ST Offset   Length�[0m
�[0;32mI (68) boot:  0 phy_init         RF data          01 01 0000f000 00001000�[0m
�[0;32mI (75) boot:  1 otadata          OTA data         01 00 00010000 00002000�[0m
�[0;32mI (83) boot:  2 nvs              WiFi data        01 02 00012000 0000e000�[0m
�[0;32mI (90) boot:  3 at_customize     unknown          40 00 00020000 000e0000�[0m
�[0;32mI (98) boot:  4 ota_0            OTA app          00 10 00100000 00180000�[0m
�[0;32mI (105) boot:  5 ota_1            OTA app          00 11 00280000 00180000�[0m
�[0;32mI (113) boot: End of partition table�[0m
�[0;32mI (117) esp_image: segment 0: paddr=00100020 vaddr=3f400020 size=1a784h (108420) map�[0m
�[0;32mI (165) esp_image: segment 1: paddr=0011a7ac vaddr=3ff80063 size=00008h (     8) load�[0m
�[0;32mI (165) esp_image: segment 2: paddr=0011a7bc vaddr=3ffbdb60 size=04d2ch ( 19756) load�[0m
�[0;32mI (178) esp_image: segment 3: paddr=0011f4f0 vaddr=40080000 size=00b28h (  2856) load�[0m
�[0;32mI (180) esp_image: segment 4: paddr=00120020 vaddr=400d0020 size=121838h (1185848) map�[0m
�[0;32mI (616) esp_image: segment 5: paddr=00241860 vaddr=40080b28 size=1ec64h (126052) load�[0m
�[0;32mI (668) esp_image: segment 6: paddr=002604cc vaddr=400c0000 size=00064h (   100) load�[0m
�[0;32mI (684) boot: Loaded app from partition at offset 0x100000�[0m
�[0;32mI (684) boot: Disabling RNG early entropy source...�[0m
no external 32k oscillator, disable it now.

at param mode: 1

AT cmd port:uart1 tx:17 rx:16 cts:15 rts:14 baudrate:115200

module_name: WROOM-32

max tx power=78, ret=0

v3.2.0.0

Flashing hw1 to it results in this

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0030,len:5944
load:0x40078000,len:15080
load:0x40080400,len:4
load:0x40080404,len:3372
csum err:0x9f!=0x1f
ets_main.c 384 

[darthcloud]

Don't use clone board, use official Espressif Devkit:
ESP32-DEVKITC-32E with ESP-WROOM-32 (Get it on Digikey or Mouser)