MacOS wont run or install. But linux (ubuntu) works great! suggestions?

Keep in mind that macOS and Linux are leveraging the hardware differently on these Retina model laptops. There have been many times where macOS will not work, but Linux will work just fine. Linux is much more forgiving. macOS these days will just fail to work when something unexpected occurs even if there are no hardware failures.

You may want to try installing macOS to an external drive to see if you encounter the same problem. If macOS installs fine to the external drive, then it probably indicates the internal SSD is bad.

When you reinstalled macOS, did you erase the whole physical SSD? Within Disk Utility you may need to click "View" and select "Show All Devices" so that the physical SSD appears on the left pane of Disk Utility.

I know Apple rarely reveals specific details. You can try running the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected so that maybe you can find the reason for the Logic Board failure. If you can boot Linux or macOS, then you can try checking the health of the internal SSD using DriveDx (macOS) or GSmartControl (Linux). This is more about you understanding the failure.

JohnJohnson23 wrote:

I have a 2017 macbook pro (intel). I've erased my SSD multiple times. this last time something went wrong. Every method to install macOS has the same problem: installation goes well until about 14 minutes, then my computer crashes and restarts with no error message. I took it to a apple certified service provider and they said my logic board needs replacement. However, i can run ubuntu and arch linux on my macbook perfectly (minus the missing touchpad drivers b/c im on linux).

there is no problem, not even any missing drivers (besides the touhcbar driver b/c its linux) I am able to surf the web, store files, rune executable's, programs, compile code etc. I am able to to everything on linux, but cant isntall macOS.

I want macOS so i can develop apple applications.

Does this Mac have a third party upgrade NVMe SSD installed or is it OEM Apple drive?

there are some known issue w/ third party and some work a rounds...

this would be non-Touch Bar 13-inch MacBook Pro, but you do not clarify the exact Mac

please advise