DVD help needed

Hi guys, I'm looking for help with a 2005 PowerMac 6.4 1.25Ghz.
On startup it reports an initialization error -70012 : A valid DVD drive could not be found. I can use the eject key to open the drive tray and the computer will read and play audio cds but if I load a dvd, there are a couple of quiet beeps and it spits the disc back out.
I have been told that dvd would play on this pc in the past and there are DVD software applications on the system.
If I look under System Profiler there doesn't seem to be any disc drive listed, and Disc Burning says no device found.
I'm not a mac user so if anyone out there can help, please use simple ideas )
I believe the computer has a DVD drive fitted that isn't being recognised at startup, although it is able to play cd discs -  I'd like to fix it so that it will play DVDs too.
Any help will be appreciated, many thanks
tid

The error only shows in Regular Boot.
At SystemPrefs>Accounts>Login there is a listing for DVD player - if I check the box to hide it, all that does is suppress the error message showing onscreen. The drive icon still appears in the bar next to Trash Can, and clicking it there brings up the message.
SysPrefs>Other only had Flash Player
/private/ was invisible to me
the two /Library/ folders were empty
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons had no DVD files, nothing jumped out except bootps and maybe com.apple.atrun
/System/Library/Startup has a Disks folder > Disks icon and StartupParameters.plist
What an educational morning, I've learned a lot so far ))
At first I thought I had a faulty DVD drive. Now it seems this emac has never had a DVD drive - maybe the answer is just to delete the DVD Player application? The software was added 2008 with a bunch of other programs; the machine is 2005 so I'm guessing at the end of its school life folks took the educational setup away and installed a set of applications that private users might find useful.
My only  worry there is that it'll disable the cd-rom drive somehow.
Thanks for your reply BDAqua, it was very helpful.
Thoughts about deleting the application would be welcome if none of the info I gave above pushes you to a different conclusion.

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