4 are from Addicore https://www.addicore.com/ESP8266-ESP-01-p/130.htm.
From the packaging they appear to have been from the same manufacturer. I tried uploading at various speeds and listening on the serial monitor at all available speeds but there is absolutely no output on serial on power on or assertion of the reset pin (GND). There is no response to any AT commands. Nothing received at all on the serial monitor. I use the same fixture on my existing ESP01s and everything works fine. I use an FTDI cable, an external power supply and an 800mA 3.3v regulator, the voltage is steady.
Has anyone had a problem like this I am wondering if they are not getting destroyed during shipping. Physically they look good, just nothing on serial. On the IDE output I get
warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
The leds on the ESP01 never waiver, there is just a steady red led constantly on.