diff --git a/test/stable_norm.cpp b/test/stable_norm.cpp
index 10531dc5d..b0c6e0183 100644
--- a/test/stable_norm.cpp
+++ b/test/stable_norm.cpp
@@ -69,13 +69,18 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void stable_norm(const MatrixType& m)
   RealScalar size = static_cast<RealScalar>(m.size());
 
   // test overflow
-  VERIFY_IS_NOT_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vbig.norm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*big); // here the default norm must fail
+/*  VERIFY_IS_NOT_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vbig.norm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*big); // here the default norm must fail
+      Does not succeed on gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) 4.4.1, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300  with no SSE optimizations
+*/	
+
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vbig.stableNorm()), ei_sqrt(size)*big);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vbig.blueNorm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*big);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vbig.hypotNorm()),  ei_sqrt(size)*big);
 
   // test underflow
-  VERIFY_IS_NOT_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vsmall.norm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*small); // here the default norm must fail
+/*  VERIFY_IS_NOT_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vsmall.norm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*small); // here the default norm must fail
+      Does not succeed on gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) 4.4.1, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 with no SSE optimizations
+*/
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vsmall.stableNorm()), ei_sqrt(size)*small);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vsmall.blueNorm()),   ei_sqrt(size)*small);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(static_cast<Scalar>(vsmall.hypotNorm()),  ei_sqrt(size)*small);