DTA measurements of 4-/i-butyl-thiocyanobiphenyl (4TCB) and/?-cyano-/?'-pentylphenyl-cyclohexane (5HCP) have been performed in the temperature range 220 K-390 K and pressures up to 400 MPa. For 4TCP a transition from a crystalline to a liquid crystal phase (probably smectic E) could be detected at higher pressures > 90 MPa. The pressure dependence of the transition temperature has been established. At pressures lower than 88.7 MPa no transition of SmE into a crystal or into a glass has been found. For 5HCP only the melting curve was observed, in contrast to 5PCH, which displays a liquid crystalline nematic phase.