Is it possible to raise base temps w/overclock?

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Hey, all. This is my first post; apologies if I've missed the answer to my question in another post somewhere.
Question: Is it possible that, having overclocked my CPU at one point for three months, and then reset it to stock speeds, it could have permanently higher idle/load temps?
I know that seems like an obvious "No," but I'm at a bit of a loss to explain it. I first OC'd my Northwood 2.4 in Dec up to 2.7. At that point, my idle/load temps were 26/60ish, but never over 60. I recently bought Oblivion, and I read on tweakguides that OCs on Oblivion can sometimes be counterproductive, so I dropped it back to stock to see if it made a difference. The only difference that I could see was that my temps at STOCK were now 26/60 . . . what gives?
I checked back over some of my notes and realized that my idle/load temps are way higher than they used to be . . . more like 35/70, but not a bit of instability . . . any suggestions?
(on stock air cooler, btw).
 
Do you have any thermally-controlled fans? If I leave the fan in my laptop to it's own devices it generally only spins up enough to keep temps to the same ~60C level regardless of load.
 
No, I didn't change any voltages. I'm afraid to :) I have SmartFan enabled (Gigabyte board), but I don't know if that's thermally controlled or not. How would I find out?
And btw, my temps seem high to me, compared to what I'm seeing from others, but they're also just a little over what I had before I started OCing. Should I be worried about lifetime of my equipment?
 
True; but I have heating and A/C, so I keep it relatively level. I suppose that could explain a 5-7C change.
 
Well, fwiw, it looks like the dust was the culprit. I cleaned it out w/canned air, and I'm back down to 37 idle/62 load. Thanks!
 
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