MSI gx 640 - pondering bios upgrade for XEN

Aloha All,
So I have been trying to get XEN running on my gx 640. The issue seems to be the network adapter. It almost works. So I was wondering if I should update the bios. Is that just foolish? It seems the latest version is 1656 10e and I am running 10c. Is there any info about what is updated/fixed in each version of the bios?
Once you download the files can you run the update from inside windows? What happens if you try and run flash.bat? Or do you HAVE to run it from a flash drive in DOS?
Mahalo.

It says on the MSI website what the update fixes:
"Disable UEFI boot for system hangs up if boot from CD/DVD with UEFI method."
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=135&prod_no=1998
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