Firefox Beta channel does not update to next Beta build, why?

On both the Nightly and Aurora channels, when a new build is available if you 'check for update' the update is Downloaded and applied.
On the Beta channel this does not happen.
Is there some config setting I need to change for updates to be found?
It is not that a Partial Mar file is not generated (Ex: the update for Firefox 5.0b3 to 5.0b4 can be found here [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/5.0b4-candidates/build1/update/win32/en-US/] firefox-5.0b3-5.0b4.partial.mar).
Side note:
If I manually download the Partial Mar, for the Beta update channel, the procedure described on Mozilla Wiki (here: [https://wiki.mozilla.or/Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file Manually Installing a MAR file] ) has not been working for a while. And, needs to be updated for Firefox 4.x and above.

I do end up downloading the Complete executable (example from here: [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/5.0b4-candidates/build1/win32/en-US/ Firefox Setup 5.0b4.exe] ), and then reinstall the latest Beta channel build.
But, this would not be needed if the 'About Firefox->Check for Update' worked.
That is my question, why is the 'Check for Update' not working on the Beta channel, like it is for the Aurora and Nightly channels?
Is it something as simple as changing a preference in 'about:config'?
Or, should I be filing a Bug on Bugzilla instead of asking the question here?

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