This is a useful little iron, and easily coped with all the general purpose soldering we had to hand. The PCB packs what appears to be a simple analogue temperature controller onto one of its sides.

For a lot of us, soldering just seems to come naturally ... There’s also a lot of detail on how to avoid damaging the PCB during repairs, and how to fix them if you do manage to lift a trace.

It's not just graphics cards, though; pretty much any computer part with a PCB can be fixed with the proper know-how and a soldering iron. This includes motherboards, monitors, TVs, and even RAM ...