As of December 2024, has the "power leak" problem with expansion modules been fixed?

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(2) The RGB Macropad: I notice that the keys aren’t labeled. How do you know what each key does? I think you can program them to do whatever you want, like defining hot keys in, say, Excel or Word, and they can be backlit with colored LED lights,but what then? Without labels, like the NumPad has, do you have to just memorize what the keys do?

You can get decals if you need. A couple options can be found here List of company or individually driven projects

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(1) I was reading that the early production FW-16 had a power-drain problem with the expansion modules.

As others have said, power drain has been fixed for hdmi and displayport card. But the Framework Laptop 16 has two locations where you do not want to leave USB-A modules. It’s shown here:

Expansion Card Slot functionality on Framework Laptop 16

USB-A modules are not an issue in any other location. Iirc this is a limitation in the internal USB hub chips which are currently available for AMD processors & it was just unavoidable for Framework.