something doesn't seem right, your density is not going down like it should.
can you email the entire output file directly to me? maybe I'll see 
something.
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Agata Jurkiewicz wrote:
>Dear Carlos, 
>I set the taup and nscm values as you said. 
>The md.in file was: 
>
>
>Amber 8, eqlbrtn, tautp, dt, taup, nscm
>  &cntrl
>   imin=0, irest=1, ntx=7, ntp=1, nstlim= 25000,
>    ntb=2, dt=0.001, ntt=1, temp0=300, tempi=300,
>    ntpr=50, ntwr=500, scee=1.2, ntf=2, ntc=2,
>    cut=12, ntwe=500, ntwx=500, ntave=5000, tautp=0.1,
>    taup=0.1, nscm=500,
>  /
>
>and I got: 
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> NSTEP =     3650   TIME(PS) =      53.650  TEMP(K) =   299.00  PRESS =  -255.0
> Etot   =     -5561.8621  EKtot   =      1299.7657  EPtot      =     -6861.6278
> BOND   =         2.6922  ANGLE   =        14.2009  DIHED      =        18.4842
> 1-4 NB =         7.4124  1-4 EEL =      -110.8240  VDWAALS    =       986.7654
> EELEC  =     -7780.3589  EHBOND  =         0.0000  RESTRAINT  =         0.0000
> EKCMT  =       641.4689  VIRIAL  =       792.3375  VOLUME     =     27397.4782
>                                                    Density    =         0.8004
> Ewald error estimate:   0.9212E-03
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> NSTEP =     3700   TIME(PS) =      53.700  TEMP(K) =   307.40  PRESS =  -450.0
> Etot   =     -5262.1523  EKtot   =      1336.2483  EPtot      =     -6598.4006
> BOND   =         2.1473  ANGLE   =        13.0797  DIHED      =        18.5123
> 1-4 NB =         7.3526  1-4 EEL =      -107.8698  VDWAALS    =       895.6960
> EELEC  =     -7427.3188  EHBOND  =         0.0000  RESTRAINT  =         0.0000
> EKCMT  =       658.1033  VIRIAL  =       921.7630  VOLUME     =     27133.5024
>                                                    Density    =         0.8082
> Ewald error estimate:   0.6514E-02
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> vlimit exceeded for step         3747 ; vmax =    3278.16945276281
> SANDER BOMB in subroutine nonbond_list
>  volume of ucell too big, too many subcells
>  list grid memory needs to be reallocated, restart sander
>
>What does it mean? Should I just restart the simulation and not worry? 
>
>Regards, 
>Agata. 
>
>On 7/22/05, Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling.stonybrook.edu> wrote:
>  
>
>>I still think you should try smaller taup and setting mscm as well.
>>your density is low and EKCMT is high.
>>also like Dave Case said, you may not have run the
>>previous steps long enough to get a _stable_ constant V
>>system.
>>
>>Agata Jurkiewicz wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Dear all,
>>>
>>>Thank you for the hints.
>>>I've changed tautp to 0.1 and dt to 0.01, like in the following
>>>md.in file:
>>>
>>>Amber 8, eqlbrtn, tighter T coupling, shorter timestep
>>> &cntrl
>>>  imin=0, irest=1, ntx=7, ntp=1, nstlim= 25000,
>>>   ntb=2, dt=0.001, ntt=1, temp0=300, tempi=300,
>>>   ntpr=50, ntwr=500, scee=1.2, ntf=2, ntc=2,
>>>   cut=12, ntwe=500, ntwx=500, ntave=5000, tautp=0.1,
>>> /
>>>
>>>and I got the same error:
>>>
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>NSTEP =    11150   TIME(PS) =      61.150  TEMP(K) =   306.32  PRESS =  -230.4
>>>Etot   =     -5640.8341  EKtot   =      1331.5608  EPtot      =     -6972.3949
>>>BOND   =         4.0540  ANGLE   =        16.6087  DIHED      =        18.7644
>>>1-4 NB =         7.6254  1-4 EEL =      -110.2309  VDWAALS    =      1003.5220
>>>EELEC  =     -7912.7383  EHBOND  =         0.0000  RESTRAINT  =         0.0000
>>>EKCMT  =       678.7378  VIRIAL  =       813.9172  VOLUME     =     27177.9465
>>>                                                   Density    =         0.8069
>>>Ewald error estimate:   0.2231E-03
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>NSTEP =    11200   TIME(PS) =      61.200  TEMP(K) =   350.78  PRESS =    89.5
>>>Etot   =     -5152.2922  EKtot   =      1524.8442  EPtot      =     -6677.1364
>>>BOND   =         4.7864  ANGLE   =        18.1522  DIHED      =        17.5435
>>>1-4 NB =         7.3642  1-4 EEL =      -109.3920  VDWAALS    =       986.6305
>>>EELEC  =     -7602.2212  EHBOND  =         0.0000  RESTRAINT  =         0.0000
>>>EKCMT  =       718.5220  VIRIAL  =       666.0079  VOLUME     =     27162.1711
>>>                                                   Density    =         0.8073
>>>Ewald error estimate:   0.6946E-02
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11219 ; vmax =    90.6208338121492
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11220 ; vmax =    24.0436241869450
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11221 ; vmax =    21.0147137180043
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11222 ; vmax =    29.6531277833188
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11223 ; vmax =    29.2131390335408
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11224 ; vmax =    22.7352810858752
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11225 ; vmax =    20.9179801379055
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11226 ; vmax =    21.0721474627654
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11227 ; vmax =    24.1169069755573
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11228 ; vmax =    20.2218187250374
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11229 ; vmax =    22.7729449218372
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11230 ; vmax =    23.5282680992668
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11231 ; vmax =    22.9911654604639
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11232 ; vmax =    21.8717438846248
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11233 ; vmax =    21.1813303711289
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11234 ; vmax =    20.2556438438652
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11235 ; vmax =    31.9915759201488
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11236 ; vmax =    20.7665550287679
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11237 ; vmax =    21.2590661709873
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11238 ; vmax =    20.7282912115994
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11239 ; vmax =    20.4658103371141
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11240 ; vmax =    20.5862925288465
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11241 ; vmax =    20.3136359100207
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11242 ; vmax =    20.1297329076364
>>>vlimit exceeded for step        11243 ; vmax =    22.3971345304708
>>>
>>>    Coordinate resetting (SHAKE) was not accomplished
>>>    within 3000 iterations
>>>
>>>    Note: This is usually a symptom of some deeper
>>>    problem with the energetics of the system.
>>>
>>>During the first 10 ps of this equilibrations, the temperature never
>>>exceeds 310 K. It is after 10 ps when it starts to blow up.
>>>I will try to heat the system slower, to remove the CM motions and so
>>>on, but I am slowly running out of ideas...
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Agata.
>>>
>>>
>>>On 7/22/05, David A. Case <case.scripps.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Let me add to what Carlos said: you have a big step size (0.002) and still
>>>>a low density (0.8) but a high temperature (480K).  This can readily lead
>>>>to SHAKE failures.
>>>>
>>>>A good prescription is to heat to a stable 300K at constant volume, then
>>>>switch to constant pressure, not allowing the temperature to rise very much
>>>>when you do that.  It is not all that uncommon for equilibrations to require
>>>>shorter time steps (like .001), and smaller values for tautp.
>>>>
>>>>...good luck....dac
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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