ThinkPad W541 Frozen Boot

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  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1100M] vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A alternate: nouveau
    non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0ff6 class-ID: 0300

This should be your problem.
Neither the kernel (nouveau) nor the proprietary driver seem to be loaded.
Unfortunately I’m not an expert of Nvidia cards, but I’m sure other users will jump in.
For the moment you could try this tutorial.

Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

Basically, either try to switch to or boot to a TTY and update your system fully, or do this chrooting from the live ISO if you cannot get to a TTY.

garuda-update

will take care of everything (refresh mirrors and update).
You could also try the

sudo dkms autoinstall

In the end, from the Nvidia site, it seems to me that the nvidia-470xx-dkms driver (which is in the chaotic-AUR) should work on your card.
Try also auto-detection/installation:

sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

Or as last resort:

sudo pacman -Syu nvidia-470xx-dkms