Updated FAQ (markdown)

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Better unpower your device and check if the wiring is correct and the voltage is on your FTDI is set to 3.3V.
If you've connected VCC to the wrong pin it might cause your device to overheat and destroy it.
### There was white smoke and the device doesn't work anymore!
Yes, you've released the fabled "white smoke", the mysterious substance all electronic devices work on.
In the immortal words of Doctor Bones: **It's dead Jim!**
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### Sonoff 4CH V2 / Sonoff Dual V2 won't flash
Testing with two different (fairly new) FTDI boards and two Sonoff 4CH v2.0 and the Sonoff Dual v2.0 boards I found that I was getting errors uploading sketches i.e. "warning: espcomm_sync failed" basically a lack of communication between the two devices.
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3. After reboot, plug the FTDI USB/serial converter. Accept the security alert from MacOS.
4. Restart the flash process. It works!
### There was white smoke and the device doesn't work anymore!
Yes, you've released the fabled "white smoke", the mysterious substance all electronic devices work on.
In the immortal words of Doctor Bones: **It's dead Jim!**
## Wi-Fi
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### Cannot connect to Wi-Fi