About two years ago I bought a used SafeMark hotel room safe from Midwest Gun Exchange in Mishawaka, the kind that you choose your own four digit combination each time you lock it. It also has a universal override combination which they gave me at the time I bought it. It was cheap, and Midwest made it clear at the time I bought it that they were being sold "as is" without warranty or support so I was warned.
It worked well until recently--every time I enter the combination the digital readout flashes "E" then "H". I replaced the batteries with fresh ones each six months and the ones in it are about new, but it refuses to open with either my combination or the universal override combination. The only control on the safe is the electronic keypad [no twist knob for the bolts] but there is a slot at the base of the keypad for some sort of plug for an external hook-up. It looks like a telephone jack plug, but is just a bit too small for a telephone plug.
The safe is full and mounted on a shelf in my closet and I'm going to have to get it open eventually one way or another. Anyone have any ideas on how I might open it without destroying it? I tried a local locksmith but he had no way to open it without cutting it open.
It worked well until recently--every time I enter the combination the digital readout flashes "E" then "H". I replaced the batteries with fresh ones each six months and the ones in it are about new, but it refuses to open with either my combination or the universal override combination. The only control on the safe is the electronic keypad [no twist knob for the bolts] but there is a slot at the base of the keypad for some sort of plug for an external hook-up. It looks like a telephone jack plug, but is just a bit too small for a telephone plug.
The safe is full and mounted on a shelf in my closet and I'm going to have to get it open eventually one way or another. Anyone have any ideas on how I might open it without destroying it? I tried a local locksmith but he had no way to open it without cutting it open.