ESP32 SoftAP crashes on specific hardware (wesp32)

[pardonme]

Hi,

I am developing with ESP32 on PlatformIO with Arduino.

I am using the SoftAP example and it works perfectly on all boards I have except one hardware with ethernet. I use the ethernet example for the hardware board I have (https://wesp32.com/software/) and it works fine. But I want to make a bridge to wifi.

When I try to load the SoftAP example to the wesp32, it crashes every time when creating the AP with junk in the serial monitor:
"��␃␄����;��'<␀����␃␄�<#���#��� ␃;$ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x3 (DOWNLOAD_BOOT(UART0/UART1/SDIO_REI_REO_V2))
waiting for download"

This is before adding the ethernet functionality into the project. I am at a loss, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. It is the exact same code/project as I use on ESP-ethernet-kit (cannot find an Arduino example to try with SoftAP).

Thank you for your help.

[ESP_Sprite]

What do you use as a power supply? Make sure that it can at least supply 500mA, and that you use decent enough cables.

[pardonme]

This was exactly it - a broken USB cable. Thanks!