hi!
try doing minimization without SHAKE on.
--- blakrose.gazeta.pl wrote:
> Hello Dear Amber Users!
> 
> Thaks for anwsering my questions. 
> At this moment I have to ask some more questions :-)
> 
> I have done minimisation in two ways (explicit and
> implicit water).
> I know the difference but how do I know which model
> is better?
> Should I decide about this looking at my output
> files?
> 
> Here are some examples of my work trying to minimise
> my structure:
> 
> 1) Explicit water without restrains:
> 
> Input:
> 
>  &cntrl
>   imin=1,
>   maxcyc=2500,
>   ncyc=500,
>   cut=10.0,
>   ntb=1,
>   ntr=0,
>   ntc=2, ntf=2
>  /
> 
> end of output:
> 
>    NSTEP       ENERGY          RMS            GMAX  
>       NAME    
> NUMBER
>    2500      -9.5821E+04     1.7828E+01    
> 1.8903E+02     
> H26      4186
> 
>  BOND    =      160.8325  ANGLE   =      751.0722 
> DIHED      
> =     2416.1475
>  VDWAALS =    16711.7024  EEL     =  -126656.4899 
> HBOND      
> =        0.0000
>  1-4 VDW =      887.6797  1-4 EEL =     9907.5830 
> RESTRAINT  
> =        0.0000
> 
> 
> 
> ( about 1400 steps:
> 
>   NSTEP       ENERGY          RMS            GMAX   
>      NAME    
> NUMBER
>    1400      -9.5822E+04     1.7829E+01    
> 1.8923E+02     
> H26      4186
> 
>  BOND    =      160.8431  ANGLE   =      751.0710 
> DIHED      
> =     2416.1423
>  VDWAALS =    16712.1417  EEL     =  -126656.9667 
> HBOND      
> =        0.0000
>  1-4 VDW =      887.6811  1-4 EEL =     9907.5844 
> RESTRAINT  
> =        0.0000
> 
>      .... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...
>  ) - Failure is not a good sign I think :-)
> 
> 2) Implicit water (here cut is a bit bigger - trying
> on my own.. )
> 
> Input:
> 
>  &cntrl
>   imin=1, maxcyc=1000, ncyc=300,
>   scee=1.2, cut=17.0, ntb=0,
>   igb=1,
>  /
> 
> Output:
> 
>   NSTEP       ENERGY          RMS            GMAX   
>      NAME    
> NUMBER
>    1000      -1.1216E+04     1.3855E+00    
> 5.9929E+01     
> CG       1229
> 
>  BOND    =      175.6606  ANGLE   =      696.7887 
> DIHED      
> =     2259.0592
>  VDWAALS =    -2128.5296  EEL     =   -18267.1712 
> EGB        
> =    -4605.8447
>  1-4 VDW =      843.8061  1-4 EEL =     9810.5691 
> RESTRAINT  
> =        0.0000
> 
> 
> 3) Minimisation in explicit water without restrains:
> 
> Input:
> 
>  &cntrl
>     imin=1, maxcyc=20000, ncyc=5000,
>     scee=1.2, cut=17.0, ntb=2, ntp=1,
>     dielc=1.0,
>     nsnb=20,
>     ntpr=5,
>  &end
> 
> 
> Output:
> 
>    NSTEP       ENERGY          RMS            GMAX  
>       NAME    
> NUMBER
>    2960      -4.7799E+07     8.0983E+10    
> 2.1738E+13     
> H        4153
> 
>  BOND    =    16488.2521  ANGLE   =      844.0407 
> DIHED      
> =     2395.0702
>  VDWAALS =    41551.6173  EEL     =  -287740.9301 
> HBOND      
> =        0.0000
>  1-4 VDW =      873.5359  1-4 EEL = ************* 
> RESTRAINT  
> =        0.0000
> 
> 
>
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> 
> I know my cut off is too big. It should be about
> 8-10.
> My minimisation steps should be much shorter. I
> think a good value 
> is about maxcyc=2500 and ncyc=500 (but this is just
> my opinion).
> 
> Please tell me if I have some more bad values in my
> inputs.
> Why in the explicit water the EEL is so big?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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