Re: [AMBER] Issue with NPT Step While Running Equilibration Using pmemd.MPI

From: David A Case via AMBER <amber.ambermd.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:17:19 -0700

On Sat, Nov 15, 2025, Surabhi Singh 24933024 via AMBER wrote:

>I’m running a protein–ligand simulation. The equilibration (on CPU) and
>production run (on GPU) both completed smoothly. However, when I run the
>same system’s equilibration using pmemd.MPI, I encounter a problem
>specifically during the NPT step.
>
> - MPI seems to be working correctly, as minimization and NVT steps both
> completed without any issues.
> - The box dimensions and parameters should be fine, since the same setup
> runs successfully without MPI.

See if the problem goes away if you set barostat=2 in the NPT runs. There
have been reports of pmemd.MPI problems when the default barostat is used.
(Barostat=2 should really be the default, but that would lead to problems
of backwards incompatibility.)

....dac


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