Black Screen Error after kernel version change

[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux510-virtualbox-host-modules
warning: linux510-virtualbox-host-modules-6.1.22-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) linux510-virtualbox-host-modules-6.1.22-2

Total Installed Size:  0.15 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                               [#################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                             [#################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                  [#################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                            [#################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                          [#################################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Save Linux kernel modules
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling linux510-virtualbox-host-modules          [#################################] 100%
In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Updating module dependencies...
(3/3) Restore Linux kernel modules
ls: cannot access 'backup': No such file or directory

==> Warning:
         -> Kernel has been updated. Modules of the current kernel
         -> have been backed up so you can continue to use your
         -> computer. However, the new kernel will only work 
         -> at next boot.


[manjaro /]# pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                            165.5 KiB  1994 KiB/s 00:00 [#################################] 100%
 extra                          1968.1 KiB  7.48 MiB/s 00:00 [#################################] 100%
 community                         6.6 MiB  8.24 MiB/s 00:01 [#################################] 100%
 multilib                        180.5 KiB  6.53 MiB/s 00:00 [#################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
[manjaro /]#

exit

close terminal

then reboot and press Esc to see Grub
and select version 5.10

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Thank you so much that worked. Learnt a lot from this, nice to see how useful the forums are :cowboy_hat_face:

then you can now add

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux511
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux512
sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux54
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