Here's an example of retrofitting a better oscillator onto an SBC -- although 
this was to enable use of an external standard reference frequency, such as a 
GPSDO:
http://www.febo.com/pages/soekris/

John

On Feb 25, 2012, at 1:56 AM, "David J Taylor" 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> "Alby VA" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
> news:05a722ee-0c23-4cb3-877e-7584ce8ad...@do4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
> []
>> Well, I was thinking you could set the crystal off motherboard and
>> then just runs some wiring back to the connection points where the
>> crystal would sit. That way shapes and sizes wouldn't really matter.
> 
> .. but the extra capacitance and interference pickup induced by doing that 
> could make things worse, or create other problems.  If the frequency offset 
> is within +/-500 ppm limits NTP can tolerate, just live with it and accept 
> that it's the "calibration" for your PC.
> 
> Cheers,
> David 
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