By leaving a layer of carpet you make it that much harder to nail down the tack strips the long wooden strips around the perimeter with upward pointing spikes.
Can you put a harddrive on carpet on the floor.
Of course if you have short carpet on your floor the pc may be able to sit on that carpet with plenty of airflow underneath.
It can generate alot of heat like that and if can harm you pc and you can also destroy your computer if you walk across the carpet and generate static electricity on you body and you touch your pc you can fry you cpu a pc should always be on a desk with a plastic mat under workspace to prevent damage done to pc by static electricity.
Before placing your pc on the floor be sure to think about airflow.
The anchoring nails on tack strips run about 3 4 inch long which is far too short to penetrate the old carpet plus a pad if the carpet has one and drive into the subfloor.
And if you don t have any carpet at all this isn t a concern.
Sumitsumit sez tired of carpet want wood floors but living in a rental apartment.
Choosing a particular carpet type requires consideration of the room s humidity levels because.
Tack strips are difficult to install.