Tony,
This part is a bitch to find. I had the same results as you with the
exception of the following;
Abstract: .. The M51996A is equivalent to the M51976 with externally
resettable OVP overvoltage protection circuit.
Not much help but it is a start.
Best regards, Steven
On 5/29/10, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
 I am looking for a pinout or datasheet for a chip labelled M51976FP. It
 appears to be made by Mitsubishi, it's a SMPSU controller in a 20 pin
 SOIC package.
 I have the data on the M51977, which is similar (I think), but some pins
 are clearly different.
 Looking on datasheetarchiver and digchip didn't find anything. And a
 google search (as ever) found plenty of people who sould sell me 100000
 of them, but nothing else).
 [It's uised in a PSU modile in an HP tape drive that I am working on, so
 it does have som relevance to classic computers0.
 Thanks in advance for any help
 -tony