Do I need to flash bios P7N SLI platinum CPU upgrade from E8200 to QX9650?

Hi everybody,
just registered and new to this forum. Just want to ask if anybody here have any idea if there are compatablity issues and do I need to flash BIOS of my M/B whenever I upgrade my CPU from E8200 to QX9560? my rig specs are listed below:
CPU - E8200 core 2 Duo (planning to upgrade to QX9560)
M/B - MSI P7N SLI Platinum
RAM - 4 X 1g DDR2 800mhz Kingston
PSU - 1000w Coolermaster
VGA - 2 x Nvidia GTX285 (SLIED)
DVD/R/W - 2 
Any suggestions and recommendation are very much appreciated.
Thank you,
znarf

Do you really mean QX9560? I can't seem to find it on the motherboard's support list.
If you meant the QX9650, it says it requires BIOS v1.0, which it should have already come with. Check out in CPU-Z what BIOS version you currently have.
Here's the CPU support list: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1373&maincat_no=1

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