same problem here.
reconfigured it w/o change.
then it magically worked.

for your reference, my boot sequence:
rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x1f (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:1
load ...

This image may help.

Cheers,
Dana

Dana, my hero!
(probably the best answer I ever got from a forum)

regards Horst

Hello there and thnks for the topic,
in order to remove the caps, would you hint me to locate them?
I can't find a pcb layout, so in the moment I am stuck.