Sims 4 causing my keyboard to disconnect

I have a Steelseries Apex Illuminated gaming keyboard (because I play a lot of games), and this NEVER happens with any other game I've played, but when I load up the Sims 4, after about 5-10 minutes of game play, the keyboard will temporarily stop, the lights will flash on and off, then it will (in most cases) reconnect and continue working (after about 3-4 times of this happening, the keyboard disconnects but the lights stay on, but the keyboard is unresponsive and THEN I have to manually disconnect the keyboard from the two USB slots and reconnect it). Yes I use the keyboard (1,2,3 etc) during game play, but even if I dont use the keyboard (only use the mouse), the same thing still occurs, but ONLY with the Sims 4.

Is there anything I can do about it?? I mean I've tried uninstalling the driver for the keyboard and re installing, also tried moving the USB plug to another slot, it makes no difference. My keyboard HAS the most recent driver updates, although it is a 'plug and play' keyboard.

Is there anything I can try on the Sims 4's behalf to make sure the keyboard works while playing??

P.S The keyboard worked FINE BEFORE the most RECENT update of the Sims 4, the most recent update, for some reason, is causing this.