Forces are not minimized even after many steps during CINEB calculation

[dhossain]

Dear Prof. Graeme,
I am having problem with CI-NEB calculation for my system. I am using VASPsol method and with extra 0.5 NELECT in the system. I did minimization with the same system in case of Initial and Final structure. I tried different optimizer (IOPT= 2, 3 ,7) But none of them are able to converge CI-NEB calculation even after 5 days. So, Could you please have a look on my files and suggest me what should i do for this? Thanks for your attention.

[graeme]

In the attached, I've used some cheaper computational settings, which I recommend for saddle point calculations. I also froze one atom to get rid of zero modes. Then, a conservative optimizer with a sufficient number of images appears to result in a NEB calculation that is systematically converging.

[dhossain]

Thank you so much Prof.