ESP32 C3 not communication after first successful flash

[ramnath-kamal]

Hello,

I'm new to ESP32. I managed to flash ESP32 C3 for first time with Arduino by holding IO9 to low and IO8 to high. I got successful message to reset and I did the same.

When I'm following the same sequence to flash again the ESP32 C3 board is no more communication with Arduino. Get following error message

esptool.py v4.6
Serial port COM3
Connecting......................................

A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32-C3: No serial data received.
For troubleshooting steps visit: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/en/latest/troubleshooting.html
Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 2

I fear that Arduino erases the boot section and it is not entering boot mode again. How to check if chip is not dead or how to bring back the chip to working