Motherboard manufacturers recommend against performing BIOS updates unless necessary, and going through that process can be terrifying. If your system works well enough as is, a BIOS update can break things that weren't broken beforehand.
One of the many things that can go wrong is that your motherboard might no longer recognize your M.2 SSD. And if you happen to have your Windows operating system stored on that device, you might be scrambling with panic and uncertainty.
