"Roger W. Norman" wrote in message

OK, so I'm installing an RME digi9652 Hammerfall and I noticed (gee,
I'm bright, it was sitting right in the package) that there's an
additional 8 pin IC that has M52 on it. Now the chip on the board
has a W52 on it. I make the wild hair assumption that the W52 is an
upgrade chip from the M52, but it would be nice if anyone has
information for me on this before I go all wild and lock this
computer down. I have an Adaptec SATA board to install as well as a
Canopus ADVC 1394 video capture card, so info on this chip question
would certainly be appreciated.

And yes, I looked at RME's site.

Frankly Roger, I think that you are thinking way to hard. Just put the %$#!
card in the machine, load the drivers and see if it makes tunes.

For all you know the codes you question are date codes, with the cosmic
significance that not all parts of a kind are made on the same day or same
month or whatever. But you already knew that, right?